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Pathhead Surname Definition:
PATHHEAD: From the village of Pathhead in the parish of New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Patrick Pethed, notary public in Ayr, 1486, appears again in 1496 as Fathead (RMS., II, 1669; Macfarlane, II, p. 342). Sir William Pethede was rector of Our Lady Kirk, 1485 (Prestwick, p.
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PATHHEAD: From the village of Pathhead in the parish of New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Patrick Pethed, notary public in Ayr, 1486, appears again in 1496 as Fathead (RMS., II, 1669; Macfarlane, II, p. 342). Sir William Pethede was rector of Our Lady Kirk, 1485 (Prestwick, p. 30). As Petheid, Pethede, Pethetes, the name is recorded in the Obit Book of Ayr between 1306-1575.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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