Luscome Surname History

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Ireland

Luscome is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the region of Luscombe in the counties of Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall. Luscome is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties.

Early Origins of the Luscome family

The surname Luscome was first found in Devon where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Luscome family

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Luscome Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Luscome family name include Luscombe, Luscomb, Lustcomb, Liscomb, Listcomb and others.

Early Notables of the Luscome family

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Migration of the Luscome family to Ireland

Some of the Luscome family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Luscome family

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 Luscome surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Luscombe settled in Barbados in 1654; William Luscombe settled in Maryland in 1774; the family also settled in Newfoundland between 1701 and 1881..