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Kincavel Surname Definition:

KINCAVEL: From the old lands of Kincavel, now Kingscavil, in the parish of Linlithgow, West Lothian. Hugo de Kyncavil was juror on an inquest made apud Rane in 1413 (REA., I, p. 214). Henrie Kyncauile who received possession of a land in Dunfermline in 1488 (DBR.

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Kincavel Surname Meaning

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KINCAVEL: From the old lands of Kincavel, now Kingscavil, in the parish of Linlithgow, West Lothian. Hugo de Kyncavil was juror on an inquest made apud Rane in 1413 (REA., I, p. 214). Henrie Kyncauile who received possession of a land in Dunfermline in 1488 (DBR., 1) appears in the same record as Kyncauill and Kyncawill. James Kincavell was burgess of Monrois (Montrose) in 1589 (RPC., IV, p. 401), and Henri Kinkevill, a sailor, is recorded in Burntiland in 1642 (PBK., p. 221).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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