When William Shute was born on 14 May 1775, in Kinderhook, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States, his father, John Schot, was 39 and his mother, Martha Patty Cleaveland, was 30. He married Abigail Culver about 1804, in Champlain, Champlain, Clinton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 17 September 1823, in Champlain, Champlain, Clinton, New York, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Champlain, Champlain, Clinton, New York, United States.
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English (Devon): habitational name from any of several places called with Middle English shute, Old English scīete ‘projecting piece of land’ (often in the corner of a parish), in particular those in Devon, which include Shute near Axminster, Shute in Kelly, Shute in Ugborough, Shute in Shobrooke, Shute Farm in Bishopsteignton, and Shewte in Bovey Tracy. Other sources of the surname may include Shute Farm in Longbridge Deverill and Shute Farm in Donhead Saint Mary (both Wiltshire).
In some cases also an Americanized form of Croatian and Slovenian Šute, and probably also of its cognate Šutej (see Shutey ). Compare Shutte and Schutte .
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