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The hessey Surname

hessey Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Hessay in York, named from Old English hæsel ‘hazel(tree)’ + s? ‘marshland’ or eg ‘island’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hessey Families in the US in 1920
Number of hessey families
 9-16
 4-8		 1-3
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