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Well: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Probably from sea and wall, a structure of stone or other materials intended for a defense or security against the sea. This name, though seemingly local, may have various significations; suil, in the Gaelic, is a willow; suail, small, inconsiderable. Su, south, and wold, wald, wild, well, an uncultivated place, a wood, a plain, a lawn, hills without wood: Suwold, Suwall, Suwell.
Well Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : WELL | WELLS | WELLE
Well: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  Lincolnshire (United Kingdom) |  Lothian (United Kingdom) |  Nottinghamshire (United Kingdom) |  Somerset (United Kingdom)
Well: Online Family Trees
WELL London,Greater London,Angleterre,Royaume-Uni (London, England, United Kingdom) 1753 - 1753
WELL Inq.P.M. (Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom) 1356 - 1356
WELL Bishops Caundle (Dorset, England, United Kingdom) 1853 - 1853
WELL Inq.P.M. (United Kingdom) 1356 - 1356

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Well: Books that contain this surname
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WELLState builders, an illustrated historical and biographical record of the state of New Hampshire at the beginning of the twentieth century
Author: Willey, George Franklyn, 1869- ed - Published in 1903
... Hannah, only daughter of Capt John Love-well, the famous Indian fighter, who was killed in the battle of Pigwacket, May ...		 WELLGenealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts
Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed - Published in 1908
... married Florence Wardwell, daughter of John Webster Ward-well, child: Reginald W., born January 22, 1903. 2. Fred N., mentioned below. ...
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