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Maekareth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Maekareth,' a distinctly English Lake-district surname. It is still found in the neighbourhood of Windermere. I cannot discover the spot. Probably the suffix is -heath.

1591.

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Maekareth,' a distinctly English Lake-district surname. It is still found in the neighbourhood of Windermere. I cannot discover the spot. Probably the suffix is -heath.

1591. George Macreth, of Hauxhead: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1670. Brian Mackereth, of Skelwith, Hawkeshead: ibid.

Thomas Macareth, of Natland, 1602: History of Westmorland and Cumberland.

Edward Maccareth, of Natland, 1602: ibid.

1622. Robert Willis and Elizabeth Maekreth: Marriage Lic (Westminster).

1664. Buried — Johanna, wife of Roberd Mackereth: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1760. Married — Edward Mackereth and Jane Brockbank: Reg. St. Mary, Ulverston.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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