surname willey?

Question

does any one no where the surname willey comes from,pls

Answer 1

This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name.
Willey
habitational name from any of various places so named. Those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire are named from an Old English wilig ‘willow’ + Old English leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’; one in Devon probably has Old English wiðig ‘willow’ as the first element, while one in Surrey has Old English weoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’.
variant spelling of Willy 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names,
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

There are over 43,000 entries in family trees on Rootsweb(free site) for Willey. Just pull up the site and put Willey or a complete name in the World Connect block.
Once you do this, if you see something that interest you, probe on a name and it will take you to a screen that will give you the name and email address of the submitter.

Just a word of caution. Internet trees are submitted by folks like you and me and there are errors. Even when you see the same information repeatedly by many different submitters, that is no absolute guarantee it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying.

Also see the link below from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U.S., The National Genealogical Society.

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerpsst.cfm

Answer 3

Apparently there is a river in Wiltshire County, England called the Willey. That is the origin of the English name.

However, as a Scottish name, Willey goes much further back in Dumfriesshire.