A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
kbank, and had issue, I. John, who succeeded his father,n. Ralph, died in London in 1697 s. p.in. William, born at Broad Gate 7thDecember, 1667, a merchant at Gales-head, in the county of Durham, fit.Catherine, daughter of Sir GilfridLawson, bart. of Braytou, and hadissue, 1. Alfred, who died an… … This name seems to import Anglo-Saxonderivation. Thwaite, signifying a piece ofground cleared of wood, and the prefixLowe, a hill, give the ancient orthographyof the name. The family appear from an-cient documents to have held lands in variousparts of Cumberland from an early period.We, however,…
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