John Ambler was born as the son of Ambler and ?. He married Hannah Beard before 1702, in Oyster River, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America.
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English (Yorkshire):
(of Norman origin): occupational name from Middle English amayler, amelour (Old French esmailleur) ‘enameller’, with intrusive b to give a(u)mbelour.
perhaps an occupational name from a shortened form of an unrecorded Middle English amblerer ‘dealer in amblers or saddle horses’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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