Fillingim History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Fillingim family

Early History of the Fillingim family

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Fillingim Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Filingham, Fillingham, Felingham, Fellingham and many more.

Early Notables of the Fillingim family

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Migration of the Fillingim family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Fillingim or a variant listed above were: Francis Fillingham who settled in Salem Massachusetts in 1637.