want to know where my last name (eavenson) came from and what it means?

Answer 1

It is an alternate spelling of the Welsh name
Evanson:
Welsh: patronymic from the personal name Iefan (see Evan), with English patronymic -son. This form of the surname is found chiefly in the English counties bordering on Wales, particularly Shropshire and Cheshire.

Anglicized form of Iefan, a later development of Ieuan*. Scottish: Anglicized form of Eghan. Variant (of 1): Ifan.

*The original Welsh form of John, from Latin Johannes. Later forms are Iefan (Anglicized as Evan) and Ifan.

Answer 2

Here you go:
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/eavenson-family-crest.htm
Origin Displayed: Welsh

Where did the Welsh Eavenson family come from? What is the Welsh coat of arms/family crest? When did the Eavenson family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

Welsh surnames are relatively few in number, but they have an inordinately large number of spelling variations. There are many factors that explain the preponderance of Welsh variants, but the earliest is found during the Middle Ages when Welsh surnames came into use. At this time, there were no uniform spelling rules and because the general population was illiterate, they could not specify a particular rendition of their names. Therefore, scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, which often resulted in a single person's name being inconsistently recorded over his lifetime. The transliteration of Welsh names into English also accounts for many of the spelling variations: the unique Brythonic Celtic language of the Welsh had many sounds the English language was incapable of accurately reproducing. It was also common for members of a same surname to change their names slightly, in order to signify a branch loyalty within the family, a religious adherence, or even patriotic affiliations. For all of these reasons, the many spelling variations of particular Welsh names are very important. The surname Eavenson has occasionally been spelled Evans, Evan, Evance, Evands, Evanson, Evason, Evens, Evenson and many more.
First found in Herefordshire, a present day county in Western England, and scene of much border warfare between the Welsh and English through the Middle Ages, where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

In the 1800s and 1900s, many Welsh families left for North America, in search of land, work, and freedom. Those who made the trip successfully helped contribute to the growth of industry, commerce, and the cultural heritage of both Canada and the United States. In the immigration and passenger lists were a number of people bearing the name Eavenson Stephen Evan who settled in Philadelphia in 1683 with his wife and two children; Anne, Christopher, Clement, Daniel, Edward, Elizabeth, Francis, Griffin, George, Henry, James, John, Joan, Laurence, Margaret, Mary, Richard, Robert, Simon, Thomas, William Evans, who all settled in Virginia between 1623 and 1640.

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