When John Naylor was born on 20 September 1741, in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Simon Naylor Jr, was 31 and his mother, Mary Huddleston, was 31. He died in 1742, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name for a maker of nails, from Middle English nailer ‘nail maker’. This name was also taken to Ireland in the 17th century. Compare Nail .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Nahler, a variant of Nagler , and of French Cloutier . Compare Nailor .
History: Some of the American bearers of the surname Naylor are descendants of Zacharie Cloutier from France, who was in QC by 1634 (see Cloutier ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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