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hatchett Name Meaning and History

English: from Old French hachet ‘small axe’, ‘hatchet’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such implements, or perhaps a nickname of anecdotal origin.

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Distribution of hatchett Families in the US in 1920
Number of hatchett families
 41-80
 14-40		 1-13
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Threads: 85 - Messages: 281
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Hatchetts from Hertfordshire England rhatch124 3
John Hatchett came from England Jack L. Hatchitt 42
Looking for relatives stevencurrier1 4
George M. Hatchett (1912/Arkansas-1994/Tennessee) AGHatchett3rd 0
Rebecca Edith Hatchett Barbara Casteel Warren 2
Hatchett''s of Ky Gayle S. Newton 1
William Hatchett/Elizabeth Haynie m. Luneburg VA 1777/1778 AGHatchett3rd 1
Leroy Downing Hatchett, Confederate chaplain raiford94 0
Hatchett/Fossett connection BettyJSmallwood75 1
William R. B. Hatchet of NY patmontero25 0
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