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• Wogdon — This is a very interesting and unusual English surname. Recorded as Wogden, Wogdon and Woogden, it is clearly locational, and therefore from some place, except that no such place in any of the known surname spellings is apparently recorded in the …   Surnames reference

• Wogdon & Barton — s. The name Wogdon became synonymous with duelling, to the extent that duels in England were sometimes referred to as a Wogdon affair . Wogdon Barton made the pistols used in the infamous Burr Hamilton duel, which were later found to have… …   Wikipedia

• Burr–Hamilton duel — An artistic rendering of the July 11, 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton by J. Mund. The Burr–Hamilton duel was a duel between two prominent American politicians, the former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and… …   Wikipedia

• Duelling pistol — A duelling pistol is a pistol used in a classical duel. As a general rule, they are single shot flintlock or percussion black powder pistols which fire a lead musket ball. Duelling pistols were manufactured and sold in pairs of identical… …   Wikipedia

• Wicken — This medieval English surname is one of a group which can be locational or job descriptive, or even both. Recorded as Wicken, Wickens, Wickin, Wickins, Wicking, and others, it has at least two possible origins. It may be be locational from any or …   Surnames reference

• Wickens — This medieval English surname is one of a group which can be locational or job descriptive, or even both. Wickens derives from one of a number of places mainly in South East England called Wicken or Wickens, which may describe a dairy farm or one …   Surnames reference

• Wogden — This is a very interesting and unusual English surname. Recorded as Wogden, Wogdon and Woogden, it is clearly locational, and therefore from some place, except that no such place in any of the known surname spellings is apparently recorded in the …   Surnames reference