Tol (surname)

The name Tol may refer to toll or to spinning top, or it may be a short form of Bartholomew or (most likely) the affectionate form of Folkert. A plausible story would be that during the internal colonisation a Folkert/Tol dug what became known as Tol’s Sloot (Tol’s Ditch -- see map), thus claiming ownership of the land (in a Mediaeval version of the Homestead Act). Claes Tol (1600-?) would be a descendent of this Folkert/Tol, or may be named after his land.