When William Hemmings was born in 1749, his father, William Hemmings, was 32 and his mother, Mary Beavington, was 28.
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English:
variant of Hemming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
in some cases a late variant of Emmins, itself related to an alternative form of the Middle English female personal name Emeny (see Edmond 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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