When Egbert Northeast was born about 1810, in East Dean, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Northeast, was 37 and his mother, Catharine Johnson, was 28. He married Rebekah Scott on 20 June 1850, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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English: locative name from Northease Farm in Rodmell (Sussex), which is recorded as Northesia in 1087–1100 and Northhese in 1347. The place-name means ‘northern brushwood land’, from Old English norð ‘north, northern’ + * hǣse (Kentish * hēse) ‘land overgrown with brushwood’, a secondary form of hǣs (Kentish hēs) ‘brushwood’.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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