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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
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UNDERWOOD The name Underwood emerged as a notable English name in Nottinghamshire where they were seated from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066. There were several noble families with the Underwood name both in England and Ireland. The Coats of Arms are all strikingly similar. The earliest trace of the name in documents is found as far back as 1177 in the Pedigree of Underwood of Bixley, Norfolk, in the Harleian Manuscript in the British Museum. According to genealogical scholars there
were four primary sources for second names as follows: Occupation, Location, Father's name,
and Personal Characteristics. As the early population grew people began to take a second
name to distinguish one "John" from another "John" in the same villiage.
The Underwood name appears to be locational in origin, and is believed to be associated with the English,
meaning, "one who came from Underwood (within Underwood: From the small place named
Underwood in the parish of Symington,Ayrshire. John Vndirwode, who served on an inquest made at
Prestwick in 1470, is probably the John Vndirvode, burgess of the same burgh in the same year (Prestwick,
p. 2, 12). Ondirwode 1507, Ondirwodd NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.
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