When Laurence Mee was born on 14 May 1648, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Mee, was 25 and his mother, Mary, was 24. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Hannah. His occupation is listed as framework knitter in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (mainly East Midlands): occupational name from Middle English mee, meie, mie (Old French mege, mie) ‘physician’. Compare the synonymous Mayer and Myer .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘honorable’. This name was also adopted for various other Irish names, e.g. Meehan , and also in Ulster for McNamee .
French (Mée): habitational name from any of the places called (Le) Mée in Mayenne, Eure-et-Loir, and Seine-et-Marne, derived from Old French me(i)s ‘farmstead’ (from Latin mansus). This surname is rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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