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Vassand Surname Definition:
VASSAND: From the old lands of Vassand in the parish of St. Andrews, Orkney. Jhone Vassand testified in a sheriff-court trial held in St. Androuis Kirk in Tankirnes in 1559 (REO., p. 111), and in 1596 Thomas Wassene was charged with planning to evade payment of his debts (ibid.
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VASSAND: From the old lands of Vassand in the parish of St. Andrews, Orkney. Jhone Vassand testified in a sheriff-court trial held in St. Androuis Kirk in Tankirnes in 1559 (REO., p. 111), and in 1596 Thomas Wassene was charged with planning to evade payment of his debts (ibid., p. 172).
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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