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please respond with any information regarding our last name Hemphill. IF you know the history or origin of the name. andy historical figures the area of migration. send infor to bevjhsun@comcast.net
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Northern Irish, originally Scottish: habitational name from a place near Galston in Ayrshire, apparently so named from Old English henep ‘hemp’ + hyll ‘hill’.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
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(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
www.ancestry.com
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