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Re: What is the meaning and origin of the surname Shearcraft?
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I am guessing here, but I'd say that the orign of the name is from Middle English or Old English, indicating a person who owned a croft (a small plot of enclosed farmland adjoining a house) primarily used for the shearing of sheep. (the element "craft" being a variant of "croft").-- Nanaea
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