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Origin of Law Total Records: 14  Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: This name is a Scottish name drived from two Scottish words, weard and laugh. (law) Weard means 'watch' and Laugh means 'hill'. (We have been called 'Weardlow' many times over the years. A Watch hill was used much as Paul Revere used Old North church. A lookout tower, only it was a hill, many of which are found in Scotland. Wardlaw and Wardlow are very well known in Scottish history and we believe the variance to be an aural misconception and the hearer just wrote down what they thought they heard. You may have been named Wardlaw just because your family lived very near one of these hills. Surnames: Wardlaw, Wardlow Submitted by: Donald Wardlow Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: The Lawton family name comes from the name of the residence of its first bearers near Cheshire, England, circa 1043-66AD. This from one writer: 'Lautune (anciently called Lauton under Lyme)...was possessed by Godric in the time of [Edward] The Confessor, and became the property of Hugo de Mara... [May also refer] to the neighboring township of Buglawton, which down to a comparatively late period was often simply called Lawton. Surnames: Lauton, Lautune, Lawton Submitted by: Matthew Lawton Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Possibly of Pictish origin, the sept originated from Leathlobhair, one of the kings of Ireland who died in 871.(Ireland was then divided in four parts, each mastered by one ' king ' ). Surnames: Lallour, Lalor, Lalour, Lawlor Submitted by: Patrick LALLOUR Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: trying to find info.on my grandfather John Lawlor b.Dromara Co.Down about 1870. Lived in Belfast. Married Martha Sharkey and had James, John, Mary, Daniel, Charles, David(my Father)Patrick and Terence. Would like to know who his parents were. Surnames: lawlor Submitted by: Roisin Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: My name is Joyce. I am keen to trace my father's family. My father name was John Arthur Lawson - he died when I was three in 1955 in a bike accident. I am keen to know more about my father's family. My Mum never talked about my father side of family much. I am also keen to set up the family tree for my children's future. Surnames: Lawson Submitted by: Joyce Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Researching the surname Lawrence Surnames: Lawrence Submitted by: John Belchamber Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: The Lawrence family is one of the most distinguished in America, numbering among its members many who have become famous in the various walks of life. The family is of English ancestry and settled in Lancaster as early as 1150. Record is made of Robert Lawrence, of Lancaster, who distinguished himself at the siege of Acre and was knighted Sir Robert of Ashton Hall. From Robert Lawrence, of Lancaster, England, many of the Lawrences in America trace their origin. The first of this family to settle in New England was John Lawrence, who immigrated to America and located in Watertown, where on February 28, 1636, he purchased land. His descendants are widely scattered throughout the United States. Surnames: Lawrence Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Glory of God Surnames: boguslaw Submitted by: Jennifer Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Law Old English Lagu (pl Laga, comb form hah) Old Norse Log "law" collective pl of lag "layer" measure, stroke," Lit. "something laid down or fixed. Surnames: Law Submitted by: Glitz Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Wardlaw means watch hill (or hill they watched from?) Scottish origin Weard + laugh (law) Weard = watch laugh = hill Surnames: Wardlaw Submitted by: glitz Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: I read in a book of surnames back in the early 1980's that Lawton means: Man of Refinement Surnames: Lawton Submitted by: John Lawton Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: The name derived from the land of Laithis is Ayrshire in the 1400's which the family owned. They were dispossesed by the King who gave the lands to someone in his favor. Surnames: Lawtie Submitted by: Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Lawlor is Irish name which when translated means Half Lepper. The actual term is for someone who has lost a limb through an accident or in battle, not from any illness Surnames: Lawlor Submitted by: Origin of Law, Meaning of Law Origin: Old English- Law-a small hill or burial mound ton- town or settlement. The church in Church Lawton which the village grew around sits on a small hill thought to possibly be a prehistoric burial mound. Source: The vicar of the church. Surnames: Lawton Submitted by: Deborah D Lawton 11/9/2009 7:26 AM Page 1 of 1

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