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Housgarth Surname Definition:
HOUSGARTH: An old surname in Orkney, from Housgarth in Sandwick. There is another Housgaith in Sanday, but the former seems to have been the source of the name. William Housgarth was tacksman of How in 1503 (REO., p. 417). Alexander Housgarth, roithman (councillor) in Sandwick was juror on an inquest in 1514, and in 1565 Nicoll Housgair agreed to make payment for the teinds of Housgair of the crop of 1565 (ibid.
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HOUSGARTH: An old surname in Orkney, from Housgarth in Sandwick. There is another Housgaith in Sanday, but the former seems to have been the source of the name. William Housgarth was tacksman of How in 1503 (REO., p. 417). Alexander Housgarth, roithman (councillor) in Sandwick was juror on an inquest in 1514, and in 1565 Nicoll Housgair agreed to make payment for the teinds of Housgair of the crop of 1565 (ibid., p. 87,371). The family patronymic (Nicolson) appears eventually to have prevailed, and Housgarth vanished from Orkney as a surname.
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