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#23527. tjoebigham
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What is the origin of the surname Agee (as in author James)?
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Kainantu
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It is biblical...
Agee means fugitive.
II Samuel 23:11 'And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines...
Ed is in the Bible too. They called the altar Ed, which means witness. Ed's name is Edgarell, which means witness for God.
Agee means fugitive, one who flees or tries to escape, likely to disappear...
 http://www.prophecycorner.com/agee/procon316.html
{Addendum;}
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ha'rarite
(the mountaineer ), The. The destination of three of David's guard.
Agee, a Hararite (2 Samuel 23:11)
Shammah the Hararite. (2 Samuel 23:33)
Sharar, (2 Samuel 23:33) or Sacar, (1 Chronicles 11:35) the Hararite, was the father of Ahiam, another member of the guard
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Once had a relation called Agee Blakeley from Newcastle-on-Tyne,UK
may be of some relevance to someone
Oct 24 02, 11:55 AM
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