As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LIPPINCOTT. The baronets (extinct 1829) traced their family into Devonshire in the XVI. century, and there is little doubt that the name was originally LufHncott, from a parish in that county so called.

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


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