Serena Windham and Beth Ruyle: Barrow, Lancashire, England

Location of our Barrow Ancestors in England

The dark blue area near the top left part of the

map is Lancashire where our Barrow's originated.

Beth and Craig Visited the Barrow Family Sites in England.

Info at:

barrowlancasteruk.blogspot.com

LDS Records http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

Show Thomas Barrow born about 1602

Married:Agnes Robinson

Of, Cartmel, Lancashire, England

on 03 FEB 1624
The four maps below show Cartmel

Barrow Surname Origin

Local
A circular earthen mound, marking the place of interment of some noted person; also a place of defense. The name of a river in Ireland.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur,

William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker &; CO., 1857.
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Name History and Origin for Barrow

Last Name

Barrow

habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English bearo, bearu ‘grove’ (dative bear(o)we, bearuwe), for example in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, and Somerset, or a topographic name with the same meaning.

topographic name for someone who lived by an ancient burial mound, Middle English berwe, barwe, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English beorg, dative beorge), of which there is one near Leicester and another in Somerset.

habitational name from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, which is named with an unattested Celtic word, barr, here meaning ‘promontory’, + Old Norse ey ‘island’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Surname: A'barrow

This rare and interesting name is of Medieval English origin and was claimed in earlier research to be a dialectal variant of the locational name 'Harborough', translating as 'the hill where oats were grown'. This may be so as early recordings are intermixed and overlap between Aborrow, Aburrow and Harborowe as examples. However we are also inclined to believe that the name in some instances may also derive from one of the many places called 'Barrow' in England, or it may have described one who lived at an ancient barrow.

The list of potential places includes Great Barrow in Cheshire, Barrow upon Trent, recorded as Baruue' in the 1086 Domesday Book, but our selection would be Barrow upon Humber, recorded in 730 a.d by the Venerable Bede as 'Aet Bearewe' (at the barrow). These names have the same meaning of 'a wood or grove', not a burial spot, although apparently Barrow in Leicestershire recorded as 'Berc' in 1206, does mean the 'mound'.

The surname would seem to have developed during the late medieval period, when many tenants lost their common grazing rights, and were then forced to seek work elsewhere. They took or were given, as easy identification, the name of their former home, or an approximation of the spelling. In this case early examples include Margaret Aborowe who married Will Thomas at St Margarets, Westminster, on May 13th 1542, whilst in 1649, William A'Barrow married Mary Hunt on July 2nd 1649 at Knightsbridge, during the 'reign' of Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam Hareborogh, which was dated 1273, recorded in the rolls known as 'Kirby's Quest', Somerset, during the reign of King Edward 1st, known as 'The hammer of the Scots', 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/barrow-family-crest.htm

Smithville, Georgia

Lee County http://www.lee.ga.us/

Smithville http://www.librarytechnology.org/lwc-displaylibrary.pl?RC=8284

Lee County, Georgia, Home of Young and Barrow Families

Barrow, Lancashire, England

Lancashire, England - Ancestral Home of Barrow

116 Main Street Smithville, GA 31787-0146 United States	Map data ©2008 Tele Atlas - Terms of Use Map of Library Location Definitions of barrow on the Web: the quantity that a barrow will hold burial mound: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_(archaeology) Barrow is an old lunar crater that is located near the northern limb of the Moon. It lies between Goldschmidt crater to the northwest and the ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_(crater) Barrow is small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 455 metres (1,494 feet). It is situated in the quiet and picturesque Newlands Valley just 4 kilometres south west of the town of Keswick. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_(Lake_District) Hundreds barrow Hundred (formerly often Barrow Hundred) was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_(hundred) a mound of earth over a burial, from an old English word for a hill mysticengland.freeservers.com/facts/dictionary.htm An earthen mound covering a burial; found in prehistoric Europe and Asia.highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299634x/student_view0/glossary.html A barrow, usually having a single rubber tyre, two handles and a steel or heavy plastic container. It is used to move loose materials like bricks ...www.dreamghar.com/w1dic.htm A large mound of stones and/or earth covering a burial site, usually round but may be square.www.danu.co.uk/Joomla/index.php a cart with a shallow box body, two wheels, and shafts for pushing it www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/goodearth/terms.html The term “barrow” means a neutered male swine, with the neutering performed before the swine reached sexual maturity.law.justia.com/us/cfr/title07/7-3.1.1.1.6.3.235.1.html A male pig castrated at a young age.www.farmingfriends.com/pig-glossary/ A mound of earth over a prehistoric grave. In myths barrows are often associated with fairies and spirits.myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/view_glossary_534_B.html barrows - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 5th Edition.www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/thesis.htm http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/BarrowinFurness/
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