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![Show Contents]() Lawer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Lawer comes from the Boernician Scottish-English border region. The Lawer family lived near a hill. Lawer is a local name, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. There are many different categories of local surnames, some of which include: topographic surnames, which could be given to a person who lived beside any physical feature, such as a hill, stream, church or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. Lawer is a topographic name, and it comes from the Old English word, hlaw, which means hill. Early Origins of the Lawer familyThe surname Lawer was first found in Northumberland, where they were lords of the manor and seated from very ancient times. Early History of the Lawer familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lawer research. Another 131 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1595, 1602, 1645, 1662, 1671, 1686, 1729, 1761 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Lawer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lawer Spelling VariationsSince medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, and since there were no consistent rules for the translation of rules from Gaelic to English, spelling variations are extremely common in Boernician names of this vintage. Lawer has been spelled Law, Lawe, Lawes and others. Early Notables of the Lawer familyNotable amongst the family at this time was John Law (1671-1729), a Scottish economist, Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV; William Law (1686-1761), an Anglican priest from Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire who is honoured on April 10 with a...
Another 42 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lawer Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Lawer family to Ireland
Some of the Lawer family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 70 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Many of the Boernician-Scottish families who crossed the Atlantic settled along the eastern seaboard in communities that would become the backbone of the emerging nations of the United States and Canada. In the War of Independence, American families that remained loyal to the Crown moved north into Canada and became known as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestral culture of all of these proud Scottish families remains alive in North America in the 20th century through Clan societies and highland games. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the name Lawer or a variant listed above:
Lawer Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Peter Lawer, who landed in New York, NY in 1710 1
- Johan Mathias Lawer, who arrived in New York in 1715 1
- Johan Peter Lawer, who landed in New York in 1715 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Lawer Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Mr. William Lawer U.E. who settled in Fredericksburgh [Greater Napanee], Ontario c. 1784 2
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Compositum jus fasque animi
Motto Translation: A mind which respects alike the laws of mutual justice and of God.
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
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