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    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Hall, Webster, Burk,
    2. HALL One who dwelt at or by a hall. (Old english H(e)all. Walter de la Hall.--Hundred Rolls. John atte Hall.--Cal. Inq. P.W. 2. Confused with Hale. 3. = Hal, a pet form of Harry. WEBSTER Feminine form of WEAVER. (Middle English) John le WEBSTERE.--Hundred Rolls, 1274 A.D. Adam le WEBBESTER.--Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1332 (The name WEBB is the same as WEAVER). BURK A stronghold. (Anglo-Fr.Teut.) The family de Burgh or Burke has since the reins of Henry III and Edward I, beeen esteemed one of themost opulent and powerful of the Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland under Strongbow. It held by conquest and regal grant, whole territories in the counties Galway, Mayo, roscommon, Tipperary and Limerick.-- Burke's Peerage, et al. BROWN (Teutonic) Of dark reddish complexion. Brun was a fairly common name among the Anglo-Saxons. Brun Edrith.--Hundred Rolls Robert le Brun.-- ditto Note: Brown is sometimes an anglicization of the German Braun and the French Brun, both from Old Teutonic Brun. Gary Radcliffe

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