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Where did the Dawson coat of arms come from? When did the Dawson family first arrive in the United States?

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Origin Displayed: English-Alt

Origins Available: English-Alt, English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dawson, Daweson and others.

First found in Westmorland where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Edward Dawson who settled in Virginia in 1640; along with George in 1623; Jane in 1650; John in 1773; Richard in 1635; Robert in 1775; Thomas in 1638.

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Suggested Readings for the name Dawson
"Dawsons in the Revolutionary War and Their Descendants" by Carol Ruth Dawson, "The Families of Ruebsamen, Spear, Dawson, Burley" by Neil Newayne Ruebsaman.

Some noteworthy people of the name Dawson
  • William Dawson Jr. (1885-1972), American diplomat, US ambassador to four South American countries, and 1st US ambassador to the Organization of American states (OAS) in 1948
  • Richard Dawson (b. 1920), American (English born), actor and television game show host
  • Major General Donald S. Dawson (1908-2005), American lawyer best remembered as the presidential aide who marshaled Harry S. Truman's crucial whistle-stop tour in the 1948 election campaign
  • George Dawson (1898-2001), American author who didn't learn to read until the age of 98
  • Sir Daryl Dawson (b. 1933), Australian judge and naval officer, Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 1997
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Lloyd Dawson KCB, CBE, DSO, RAF (1902-1994), British officer and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the 1950s
  • Peter Dawson (1882-1961), Australian bass baritone
  • Geoffrey Dawson (1874-1944), British editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941
  • Bertrand Edward Dawson (1864-1945), English physician
  • Charles Dawson (1864-1916), amateur British archaeologist who is credited and blamed with discoveries that turned out to be imaginative frauds, including that of the Piltdown Man

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Dawson, sept of the Clan Davidson

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