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E.R. Seary's Book of Newfoundland Names
- this is what he writes.
Daw/Dawe
A surname of England, either a diminutive of the baptismal name David, or from Old English dawe , Middle English dawe - jackdaw, ? a nickname for a petty thief. (Reaney, Cottle)
Traced by Guppy in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances:
 | George Dawe, of Port de Grave, 1755, "property in possession of the Family' since 1595 (CO 199.18) |
| Stephen Dawe, planter of St. John's, 1706 (CO 194.4) |
| James Daw, from Ashburton (Devon), married at St. John's, 1759 (DPHW 26D) |
| Sara Daw(e), of Harbour Grace Parish, 1807 (Nfld. Archives HGRC) |
| Abraham Daw(e), of Kelligrews, 1824 (DPHW 26B) |
| George Dawe, planter of Cupids, 1827 (DPHW 34) |
| John Daw, of Lower Gully (now Riverdale), 1832 (DPHW 30) |
| Samuel Dawe, of Long Pond, 1836 (DPHW 26D) |
| Samuel Dawe, of Lamaline, 1838 (DPHW 109) |
| Job Dawe, of Greenspond, 1838 (DPHW 26D) |
| Amy Daw, of Foxtrap, 1839 (DPHW 30) |
| Eli Dawe, born at Bay Roberts, 1843 (Mott) |
| Moses Daw, fisherman of Ship Cove (Port de Grave), 1849 (DPHW 39) |
| Edward Dawe, of Southern Gut (now South River), 1849 (DPHW 34) |
| Nicholas, of Burnt Head (Cupids), 1850 (DPHW 34) |
| Robert Hunt Dawe, merchant of Burgeo, 1851 (DPHW 101) |
| Nathaniel Daw, of Seldom Come By, 1855 ( DPHW 26D) |
| Carl, of Harbour Grace, 1869 (Nfld. Archives HGRC) |
| Widespread in Lovell 1871 |
| From family, relatives and friends. |
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