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Simpson Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Sim(m) Sime (see Sim ) + -son. English: occasionally a variant of Sumsion with unrounding of the vowel before the nasal consonant a dialect feature of southwestern England. English: habitational name from any of the three places called Simpson or one called Zemson all in Devon. The one in Holsworthy parish derives from an uncertain first element + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’ while the one in Diptford comes from the Old English personal name Sigewine (genitive Sigewines) + Old English tūn. Both the one in Torbryan and Zempson in Dean Prior probably also have the same origin as the Diptford placename.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Sibson, Kimpton, Lipson, Sampson, Impson, Plimpton, Simson, Simon
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Hutchinson Name Meaning
English (northern): patronymic from the Old French personal name Hucheon (see Houchin ) + -son. Irish: in Ireland and Scotland adopted for Mac Uisdein and Mac Uistin; see McCutcheon .
Houchin Name Meaning
English (Essex): of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Huchon a double diminutive of Hue (see Hugh ) common in Picardy corresponding to Old French Hueçon Huesson modern French Husson. This was used as a personal name in Scotland where it also became a surname and was adopted in Gaelic as Huisdean or Uisdean; see McCutcheon and compare Hutch .
Source
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hutchison, Hutchins, Hutchings, Hutchens, Hutcheon, Murchison
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Bilton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland and Yorkshire called Bilton from an Old English personal name Billa + Old English tūn ‘enclosure settlement’. There is also a Bilton in Warwickshire of which the first element is probably Old English beolone ‘henbane’ (compare Belton ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hilton, Wilton, Milton, Kilton, Tilton, Belton, Winton, Bitton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Reynard Name Meaning
Altered form of Rinehart a surname of German origin (see Reinhardt ). Compare Rinard . Americanized form of German Reinhardt . French and English (Yorkshire): variant of Renard .
Reinhardt Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements ragin ‘counsel’ + hard ‘hardy brave strong’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Lumley Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Lumley a place in County Durham so named from Old English lum(m) ‘pool’ (see Lum ) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Lum Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Lumb in Lancashire. In some instances the name may be topographic for someone who lived by a pool Middle English lum(m). English: variant of Lamb . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 林 (see Lin ) and 藍 (see Lan ) based on their Cantonese pronunciations.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Plumley, Durley, Dudley, Chumley, Hulley, Loxley, Bulley, Comley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Myers Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’ with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’. English (northern): variant of Myer with post-medieval excrescent -s. English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria). Americanized form of German and Dutch Meyers or Mayers and also of Meyer or Mayer with excrescent -s.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Meyers, Mayers, Miers, Myer, Ayers, Moyers, Pyers, Juers, Byers
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Arsenic Poisoning in Hampsthwaite - The Execution of Hannah Whitley

In 1789, Hannah Whitley of Hampsthwaite used a pie as the delivery medium for a fatal dose of arsenic, with the poison concentrated in the crust. She claimed She had been coerced into the act of poisoning by her employer, a local linen weaver named Horseman, who was involved in an on-going feud with the intended victim.

Brewis Name Meaning
English:: (of Norman origin): habitational name from Briouze in Orne. (Northumberland and Durham): topographic name or nickname from Middle English breuhous ‘brewery’ (literally ‘brew house’).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Brewin, Rewis, Reis, Lewis, Regis, Brewer, Preis, Brew, Kreis, Remis
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts