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Trefronick Surname Definition:

TREFRONICK, TREVRONCK: From Trefrink in Gorran, the French town or dwelling; or from Trewronick in St. Allen, the town of frogs or lizards (wronick, wronag, a frog). Tonkin thinks Trefronick a contraction from trevor-in-ick, the dwelling in the way to the rivulet.

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TREFRONICK, TREVRONCK: From Trefrink in Gorran, the French town or dwelling; or from Trewronick in St. Allen, the town of frogs or lizards (wronick, wronag, a frog). Tonkin thinks Trefronick a contraction from trevor-in-ick, the dwelling in the way to the rivulet. "Allan Trevronck was living in great respectability at Trevronck in the reign of Edw. III." (C. S. Gilbert. )

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TREVRONCK: "Allan Trevronck was living in great respectability at Trevronck, in the reign of Edward II." C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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