The skeffington Surname
skeffington Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, so
called from Old English Sceaftingtun ‘settlement (Old
English tun) associated with Sceaft’, a byname
meaning ‘shaft’, ‘spear’. The initial consonant was modified from ‘sh’
to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| SKEFFINGTON Mercedes SISTER 1884-1968 |
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| My Skeffington family outline | Howard Skeffington | 3 |
| Death of Mr. Robert J. Skeffington in Bolivia |
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| Sarah Josephine Skeffington |
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| Skeffington Patronym | Howard Skeffington | 2 |
| Skeffington | Maria Ashby | 5 |
| skeffington family county mayo ireland 1912 ? | martin skeffington | 3 |
| Ancestry of Francis SHEEHY-SKEFFINGTON (1878-1916) |
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| Skeffington origins in Ireland, etc. | Howard Skeffington | 6 |
| Skeffington/Barrow(s) Bible | Kathleen Skeffington Murray | 2 |
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