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Re: English New England names
One I missed -
Stukely - probably from (Great and Little)Stukeley, Cambridgeshire. Meaning a clearing with tree stumps.
Also a correction. According to Reaney and Wilson Quartermain means, metaphorically, "mail-fisted"; two hands plus two mailed gauntlets, I suppose.
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Thanks!
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