The mothershead Surname
mothershead Name Meaning and History
English: variant of Mottershead or Mottishead, a
habitational name from a lost place in the parish of Mottram,
Cheshire, recorded in the 13th century as Mottresheved, from
the genitive case of the Old English byname Motere ‘speaker’
+ Middle English heved ‘head(land)’, ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Christopher Mothrshead, SC. 1777 |
 Jonesy
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| MOTHERSHEAD W P and Sophia A |
t42Arlington
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| Elizabeth Mothershead of Albermarle Co Va |
oclarke11
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Boliwilcox
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| Allen Mothershead | Diane | 3 |
| John Mothershead, MO? |
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| Barzilla Mothershead | Peggy Giles | 9 |
| Mothershead-Motherhead | Bill Dwinell | 0 |
| MOTHERSHEAD_W_P_and_Sophia_A.JPG | Allen Wheatley | 0 |
| Mothershead in Ky/ 1800 |
JDawson1134
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