William Lamb

Male–15 January 1689

Brief Life History of William

William Lamb married Mary Hewes before 1680, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 15 January 1689, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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William Lamb
–1689
Mary Hewes
1641–1710
Marriage: before 1680

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  • Marriage
    before 1680Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  • Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Lamb, a pet form of Lambert .

    English: nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, from Middle English lamb, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. See also Lamm .

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of the warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan (see Lane 3). MacLysaght comments: "The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation (uan ‘lamb’), is now much more numerous than O'Loan itself.".

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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