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ArchivesRe: origin of the surname IBBOTSON
in reply to a message by Inga
Means "son of Ibb", Ibb being a medieval nickname for Isabel or Hibbert. Don't know of any saints by that name. Most 13th-century people would have gone by their first name.
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The earliest citation in “A Dictionary of British Surnames,” by P.H. Reaney, 2nd edition, published 1976, page 189 is :
Henry IBBOTSON, A.D. 1379.
Reg Niles
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Henry IBBOTSON, A.D. 1379.
Reg Niles
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