The blackwell Surname
blackwell Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example
in Cumbria, Derbyshire, County Durham, Warwickshire, and
Worcestershire, named Blackwell, from Old English blæc
‘black’, ‘dark’ + wæll(a), well(a) ‘spring’,
‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| james blackwell,buncombe n.c. 1800s | dddavis | 31 |
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