| ![Show Contents]() Byam History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Byam is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in or near the settlement of Bytham in the county of Lincolnshire. Early Origins of the Byam familyThe surname Byam was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Byam familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Byam research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1575, 1578, 1580 and 1669 are included under the topic Early Byam History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Byam Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Byam family name include Byam, Biam, Byams, Biams and others. Early Notables of the Byam familyNotables of this surname at this time include: - Henry Byam (1580-1669), English Royalist divine, born 31 Aug...
- 1580, at Luckham, Somerset, the eldest of four sons of Lawrence Byam, presented to the rectory of Luckham 19 June 1575, and married 26 May 1578 to Anne or Agnes, daughter of Henry Ewens or Yewings of...
 Byam migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Byam surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Byam Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- George Byam, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1640 1
Byam Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Byam who settled in Maryland in 1774
Byam Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Patrick Byam, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1805
| Byam migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2Byam Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century- Francis Byam, who landed in Antigua (Antego) in 1733 1
- Henry Byam, who landed in Antigua (Antego) in 1754 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Byam (post 1700) | + |
- Wallace Merle "Wally" Byam (1896-1962), American travel trailer manufacturer, founder of Airstream
- Sarah Byam (b. 1992), American author of Billi 99, nominated for "Best Writer" Eisner Award
- Wally Byam, American pioneering manufacturer of travel trailers, founded the Airstream company
- John Byam, Director of Colnaghi
- Shaw Byam, Director of Sadlers Wells Ballet
- Sir Thomas Byam Martin (1773-1854), Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy on October 13th, 1849
- Glen Byam Shaw (1904-1986), English actor
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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