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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Re: Wattleworth family information
In Response To: Wattleworth family information ()

Moore wrote:
WATTLEWORTH. A curious name formerly much commoner than it is now.

WATERFORTH? [1422], WATTLEWORTH [1652], WATELEFORT [1673].
German (vc), Malew (c), elsewhere (u).
German is parish which includes Peel, Malew that which includes Castletown - both places where English soldiers would have been imported by the Stanley family post 1407]
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