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Origin of Oort Total Records: 3  Origin of Oort, Meaning of Oort Origin: The Unsworths intermarried with many of the distinguished families in southern Lancashire and of the Wirral Peninsula of Cheshire, the Blundells, the Molyneuxs and the Bolds.Edward Unsworth married Mary Delafield, who was maternally descended from Edmund, Duke of Somerset, grandson of John of Gaunt. Surnames: Hunsworth, Hunworth, Onnsworth, Ownsworth, Unceworth, Undsworth, Uneswort, Uneworth, Unisworth, Unsewoorthe, Unseworthe, Unswarth, Unsworth, Unsworthe Submitted by: Karl Unsworth Origin of Oort, Meaning of Oort Origin: The name means (AS) 'Enclosure of the Hound or Dog'! or more accurately (OE) 'Hund's enclosure', (probably a man's name). Surnames: Hunsworth, Hunworth, Onnsworth, Ownsworth, Unceworth, Undsworth, Uneswort, Uneworth, Unisworth, Unsewoorthe, Unseworthe, Unswarth, Unsworth, Unsworthe Submitted by: Robert Unsworth Origin of Oort, Meaning of Oort Origin: MONTFORT, origin northern France, sometimes referred to as Walloons from where they lived in what is now or near Belgium. Before 1600, one family line moved into Holland and the name took the Dutch spelling, Monfoort. The first Montfort in America arrived in 1624 aboard the EENDRACHT, a ship of settlers sent from Holland by the Dutch West Indies Company, settling on Long Island, moving westward into New Jersey, then to Pennsylvania, and finally to Kentucky, by 1781. The move into Kentucky was with the Low Dutch Colony, led by Hendrick Banta 3rd. Many of this colony were among the first to join the Shakers of Kentucky, building and living at Pleasant Hill, in Mercer County. Some family lines from this first Montfort family, spell it Monfort, pronouncing it MON-fert. Others have the Montfort spelling and pronounce both t's . Surnames: MONTFORT, MONFORT, MONFOORT Submitted by: Barbara Whiteside 2/17/2012 4:46 PM Page 1 of 1

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