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Moyhouse Surname Definition:
MOYHOUSE: From Moyhouse near Wester Kinghorn (Burntisland) in Fife (RD., p. 429). The land of David Movs is mentioned in 1517 (DBR., p. 56), and in the following year he appears as a witness under the name of David Mius (DBR., p. 56,299).
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MOYHOUSE: From Moyhouse near Wester Kinghorn (Burntisland) in Fife (RD., p. 429). The land of David Movs is mentioned in 1517 (DBR., p. 56), and in the following year he appears as a witness under the name of David Mius (DBR., p. 56,299). Eufamie Myhous, spouse of Thomas Westuod, is in record in 1549 (ibid., p. 257.)
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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