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DRAPER
DRAPIER, DRAPPER: Occupational. Old French, drapier, Anglo- French, draper, "a seller of woolen cloth". 12th century.
ELIAS
British : Greek form of the Hebrew name Elijah. "Yahweh is God"
ELLIOT
British : "Noble war". Or diminuitive of "Elias"
Badge of clan Elliott
Scotts Elliotts: "A border clan from the Roxburghshire. acording to tradition the Eliotts originated in Angus and moved to Teviotdale in the Bruce's time. There was a Robert Elliott who is said to be the 10th chief of the name in 1476 and it is from this time that the formal history of the clan began". due to the destruction of the castle at Stobs all the family documents were lost.
Source: Gathering Of The clans. internet site.
FAGIN
Patronymic: Ireland. A name of uncertain etymology, O Faodhagain in Co. Louth but apparently of Norman origin in Dublin. Arms of FAGAN shown below.
FLETCHER
Occupational: Maker of arrows. from the Old French "fleche" = arrow.
HALL
Locality: " at the hall" very common name all over England. Early example: Roger de la Halle, Co Cambridge, 1273 Hundred Rolls.
FOGARTY
Ireland: Eliogarty is a phonetic rendering of the Irish Eile ui Fhogartaigh, the nominative case of the surname being O' Fogartaigh. Also Fogerty.
Most common in Counties Tipperary and Dublin. The Sept of O'Fogarty was of sufficient importance to give it's name to a large territory, viz. Eliogarty, the Southern part of Eile or Ely. Eilogarty is now the name of the Barony of Tipperary. The Annuls of Ulster, dated 1072, describe the chief of the Septs as O'Fogarty, King of Ely.
HANLEY
Hanley, Handley, Handly.
Locality: (1) " of Hanley", parishes in Stafford, Worcester, and Lincoln; (2) "of Handley", parishes in Chester and Dorset. ie: Tristram de Hanle, co. Suffolk,1273. Hundred Rolls.
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