The shakespeare Surname
shakespeare Name Meaning and History
English: from Middle English schak(k)en ‘to brandish’ +
speer ‘spear’, nickname for a belligerent person or perhaps a
bawdy nickname for an exhibitionist or womanizer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Samuel Shakespeare (b.1731, Coventry, Eng) | William McIntyre Shakespeare | 8 |
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| Shakespear of Dover,Delaware and Montgomery co. Ohio & West Philadelphia |
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| Mary Shakespeare married to James W Ivens |
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| Origin of Shakespeare Clan in Balsall Warwickshire | John Webb | 1 |
| John M. Shakespeare 1770-1854 Pennsylvania and Delaware |
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| SHAKESPEAR, Mary | Kathy | 1 |
| Shakesheff | Richard Shakesheff | 2 |
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