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Schethin Surname Definition:
SCHETHIN: From Shethin near Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Thomas de Schethin was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1465 (NSCM., I, p. 19), and Thomas Schethyne, probably the same person, held a land in Aberdeen, 1489 (REA., I, p. 322).
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SCHETHIN: From Shethin near Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Thomas de Schethin was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1465 (NSCM., I, p. 19), and Thomas Schethyne, probably the same person, held a land in Aberdeen, 1489 (REA., I, p. 322).
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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