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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : probably a variant of Mander.
  • Belcher Manter is recorded in Plymouth, MA, in 1657. John Manter (1658–1744), possibly a son of Belcher, was the founder of a family associated with Martha’s Vineyard.

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