GEDDES

GEDDES. Several places in Scotland are called Geddes-hill, Geddeston, Geddeswcll, &c. Hence Gedde is probably a personal name. According to the Statistical Account of Scotland, the family of Geddes, of Eachan in Peeblesshire, have possessed that estate for 1,300 j'ears !

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.