Does anyone know where the last name earwood comes from?

Question: Does anyone know where the last name earwood comes from!?
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earwood
Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Harwood, Harewood, Horwood, Whorwood, Herwood, Hereward, Harward and many more!.

First found in Lincolnshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A!.D!.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert and Thomas Harwood who settled in Virginia in 1635; followed later by George Harwood in 1643!.

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What is amusing to me is to see how names change from one area to another!. Common names would change as the pioneers moved westward and some were illiterate!! Spellings change and pronunciations, too!. When I see an odd spelling for a name, I will say, were your people from the Midwest and I usually get a yes!! Brothers, cousins would feud and change the spelling, too!. I worked with a Guiliano whose grandfather feuded with his brother coming to America!. When they came to Ellis Island, they spelled their family name differently!. One was Guiliano and the other brother was Guilani!. And they never reconciled!. One family moved to New Jersey!. They are the same family!. The Devenports and Davenports are the same family!.
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