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Surnames: Cawood, Pope, Ball, Skidmore
Classification: queries
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The name Cawood has many spellings: Caywood, Keewood, Keywood, etc. The Cawood family
tree begins in the village of Cawood, England, so the "proper" spelling is
Cawood. Many words spoken by our English ancestors which are spelled with an initial
"C" are pronounced as if it were a "K," i.e. Cay is pronounced Key;
the actress Deborah Kerr's surname is pronounced Carr, etc.
I have the ancestry of the Cawoods back to Johann deCawood back in the 1100's. I have
gleaned data from my family's pedigree charts and documents such as the Arthur L.
Keith's manuscript which is housed in the Newberry Library in Chicago, but,
unfortunately, I do not have your Jacob Cawood.
Wish I could have been more help!
Mary