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Morrehat Surname Definition:
MORREHAT: Morrehat, juror in an arbitration in Fife, c. 1128, "vir venerande senectutis et Hiberniensis" (RPSA., p. 118). Reeves says probably = Muircheartach. The episcopal residence of Inchmurthach in the southern extremity of St. Andrews parish is called in an instrument Inchmurahat (RPSA.
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MORREHAT: Morrehat, juror in an arbitration in Fife, c. 1128, "vir venerande senectutis et Hiberniensis" (RPSA., p. 118). Reeves says probably = Muircheartach. The episcopal residence of Inchmurthach in the southern extremity of St. Andrews parish is called in an instrument Inchmurahat (RPSA., p. 179; Reeves, Culdees, p. 248n). compare Monehat, n for rr.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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