David Ralston Family Files
Williamson Co. TN Submitted by Kenneth Ralston According to ulsterancestry.com: Roulston or Rolston is rare in Ireland outside Ulster, where it is most common in counties Tyrone and Antrim. It is an English toponymic and can derive from several places called Rolleston or Rowlston in Leicestershire, Nottingham, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, or Yorkshire. All these place names were originally spelt Rolvestun, meaning ‘Rolf’s farm’. Most in Ulster descend from the Staffordshire Rollestons, R. Rollestone of that shire being one of the English…