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Nham Origin and Immigration
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Origin: the name canham originates from Suffolk, England, and is an Anglo Saxon name.
Surnames: Canham
Submitted by: Elaine Noonan
Origin of Nham, Meaning of Nham
Origin: I'm looking for all who have a Binhammer in their familytree.
Surnames: Binhammer
Submitted by: Monika Binhammer
Origin of Nham, Meaning of Nham
Origin: Betenham
Beten Middle English beten from Old English bEatan akin to Old High German bOzan
Means to beat
Ham Saxon origin means villiage
Betenham means beaten village
Surnames: Betenham
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of Nham, Meaning of Nham
Origin: The Burnhams of both Old and New England trace their ancestry remotely to A. D. 1010, when their ancient patronymic was de Burnham, and it so continued until 1080, when the prefix de was dropped. And they are descended from Walter le Veutre. Such, in brief, is the origin of one of the ancient families of England, and one which in New England dates from the early Colonial period, from the year 1635, when three immigrant brothers-John, Thomas and Robert Burnham-came from England and sat down in that part of the mother town of Ipswich then known as Chebacco Parish, and which now is the town of Essex, in the county of the same name, and the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. These immigrant brothers were sons of Robert and Mary (Andrews) Burnham, of Norwich, Suffolk, England.
Surnames: Burnham
Submitted by: DP
Origin of Nham, Meaning of Nham
Origin: THE ORIGIN OF OUR SURNAME:
The surname BARNHAM originated in England, and descendants of the immigrant ancestor in North America have also used the spellings BARNAM and BARNUM. The last of these is by far the most common in North America today, while BARNHAM continues to be the most common spelling in England.
Sir Francis Barnham, MP, (1576-1646) discussed in his journal the origin of the surname Barnham. He stated, "Our Name as we have it by tradition, strenghtened with probable circumstances, and some good records (which I have heard some of my friends say they have seene) was first gentilized, or at least advanced, by Sir Walter Barnham, a Baron of the Exchequer in the time of King Richard II, and soe continued in a flowrishinge estate (at a place called Barnham in Suffolke not far from Thetford, where divers descents of them lye now buried) till the time of King Henry VII, all which I have received from my grandmother, father, and uncles, whoe spake it with much confidence, as being delivered to them, by theire friends of the former age, and the truth of it assured by divers records, however it is not that which I will binde on as an infallible truth, because I my self have not seene that which may soe absolutly assure it, and because I for myne owne parte care not to fetch a pedegree farther then from the certaine memory of a grandfather that was rich and honest, and a father that was vertuous and wise;...."
THE MEANING OF OUR SURNAME:
Frank Holmes, in the Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, calls the name a corruption of Bearnham, meaning a town in a wood or on a hill, and notes that the original family seat was at Southwich, Hants, England. Bardsley, in his Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, defines it as a location-derived surname meaning "of Barnham," and referring to parishes in Ely, Chichester, and Norwich.
Surnames: Barnum, Barnam, Barnham
Submitted by: Patrick Barnum
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