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  • Distribution of Sea Families in England and Wales in 1891

Origin of Sea Total Records: 8  Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: As far as I have been able to determine it means sea sprear in pre-england or normandy. I have located many of the sagar and variations in and around Lancashire, Cumberland and Yorkshire in England. Surnames: Sagar, Sager, Seagar, Segar Submitted by: Barton J. Sagar Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: I was told by a george selley in england that the name selley in england is from devon and cornwall. he also says that the name originated from 2 brothers that were saddle makers and in french is pronounced salliea. spelled sellier or sellere meaning saddlemaker. so he says they came to uk with william the conqueror. there are other selley people from germany-no relation they are selle and add a y. george selleys job was govt. workers genealogy. Surnames: Celly, Sealie, Sealy, Seeley, Seely, Selley, Zully Submitted by: bill selley Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: My uncle, William Henry Searles (1837-1921) wrote of the Searles name: 'The origin of the line - Searle - in England is Norman, and the earliest mention of the name is SERL, a monk of Tewkesbury, who afterward became Chaplain to William the Conqueror and was appointed Chaplain to the King, then Abbott of Gloucester in the year AD 1084. King William 'kept his Christmas' with SERL in the monastery of Tewkesbury. 'The 'Hundred Rolls' for various counties of England, and the State Papers of Great Britain make mention of Searle families resident in the various counties, as Dignitaries of the Church of England, and occupants of the Manor Lands, Officers in the Military, Naval and Civil Services, and yeomen farming the Church and Manor lands, all in the 11th Century, and down to the present. 'The crest suggests our branch belonged to the church and not to the military.' I do not know the source of his information. Many of my ancestors were Methodist Episcopal ministers in the 1830-1900 period. Surnames: Searle, Searles Submitted by: N. Paulson Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: Married in St James Manville RI USA 1 Ovila 'May 1875 Married 2 Alfred 'Aug 1910 Married 3 Joseph 'Mar 1876' borned Looking for children wives and date and place of death Thanks Surnames: Pariseau Submitted by: Earl Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: Cventry,Warwick,England -``Boston,Mass,USA -Morrisania,Westchester,NY,USA -``Sackville,New Brunswick - Maine + Mass,USA Surnames: SEARS Submitted by: Heather Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: John Seamans Married Iva Hutchens in 1905 in Hillsdale, Michigan. Looking for descendents of this marriage. Surnames: Seamans Submitted by: Alan Stokes Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: Seaton Anglo-Saxon origin means from Sai's estate English origin means from the farm by the sea Surnames: Seaton Submitted by: glitz Origin of Sea, Meaning of Sea Origin: a dweller at Seaton; seten a plantation or uncultivated land. Surnames: SEATON Submitted by: Dadseaton 11/21/2009 7:29 PM Page 1 of 1

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