The surname ‘Barlow’ originates from England. It is a habitation name derived from any of several place so called, especially those in the counties of Lancashire, and West Yorkshire. The former gets its name from the old English word ‘bere’, meaning barley and ‘hlaw’ meaning hill, the latter probably has its first element from the derived adjective ‘beren’ or the compound ‘bere-oern’ which means barn. There is also a place of this name in the county of Derbyshire, so called from the Old English word ‘bar’, meaning boar or ‘boer’ meaning barley and ‘leah’ meaning wood, clearing, and one in the county of Shropshire, which is from ‘boer’ and ‘leah’. Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that the surname ‘Barlow’ and or it’s variant’s, date as far back as the fourteenth century were a ‘Johannes de Berlowe’, from the county of Yorkshire, England, is recorded on Poll Tax records in 1379. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘John B…
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