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Spankin Surname Definition:
SPANKIN: Gilbert Spankin was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1606 (NSCM., I, p. 103), and in 1629 there is an entry in the local records of a sum "debursit to Gilbert Spankine for makeing the tounes armes in brass" (SCM., V, p. 146).
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SPANKIN: Gilbert Spankin was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1606 (NSCM., I, p. 103), and in 1629 there is an entry in the local records of a sum "debursit to Gilbert Spankine for makeing the tounes armes in brass" (SCM., V, p. 146).
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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