| ![Show Contents]() Sanborn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Sanborn familyThe surname Sanborn was first found in Warwickshire at Sambourn, formerly spelled Sambourne, a hamlet and civil parish in the parish of Coughton and including Evesham Abbey. The name literally means "sandy stream" derived from the Old English "sand" + "burna" 1 The earliest reference to Sambourne is in 714 when it was listed as being given by Egwin Bishop of Worcester to the monastery at Evesham upon its foundation. Years later the Domesday Book 2 the village was listed as Sandburne and was held as "the land of the Church of Evesham." At that time, there was land for 4 ploughs, 2 slaves, 2 villagers and 4 smallholders with 3 ploughs and was worth 20-30 shillings. By the seventeenth century, Sambourne was one of the earliest centers of the local needle-making industry, By the late 1800s, the village contained 662 residents and comprised 2,200 acres. Today, the village has 1,805 residents as of 2001 and is now largely agricultural. One of the first records of the family was Peter de Samborne who was listed in Somerset in Kirby's Quest temp. 1 Edward III. 3 4 Philip de Sambourne was listed in 1297 and Peter de Samborne was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Somerset in 1327. 5 Early History of the Sanborn familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sanborn research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1327, 1577 and 1601 are included under the topic Early Sanborn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Sanborn Spelling VariationsNorman surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are largely due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England, as well as the official court languages of Latin and French, also had pronounced influences on the spelling of surnames. Since medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings. The name has been spelled Sambourne, Sambourn, Sanborn, Sanbounre, Sanborne, Samborn, Samburn, Sanburn, Sandborn, Sandorne, Sanbourne, Sandbourn, Samburne, Sandburn, Sandburne and many more. Early Notables of the Sanborn familyMore information is included under the topic Early Sanborn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Sanborn RankingIn the United States, the name Sanborn is the 2,700th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 6
 Sanborn migration to the United States | + |
Many English families emigrated to North American colonies in order to escape the political chaos in Britain at this time. Unfortunately, many English families made the trip to the New World under extremely harsh conditions. Overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the stormy Atlantic. Despite these hardships, many of the families prospered and went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the United States and Canada. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the name Sanborn or a variant listed above:
Sanborn Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Sanborn, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1632 7
- William Sanborn, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1632 7
- Stephen Sanborn, who landed in Hampton, NH in 1643 7
Sanborn Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- L D Sanborn, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 7
- J Sanborn, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 7
- J D Sanborn, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 7
- J S Sanborn, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1855 7
| Sanborn migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Sanborn Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Martin Sanborn, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750
Sanborn Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Franklin Sanborn, who was on record in Ontario in 1871
| Contemporary Notables of the name Sanborn (post 1700) | + |
- Kate Sanborn (1839-1917), American writer
- John Benjamin Sanborn (1826-1904), American lawyer, politician, and soldier
- Jim Sanborn (b. 1945), American sculptor
- David Sanborn (b. 1945), American alto saxophonist
- Daniel Alfred Sanborn (1827-1883), American surveyor, founder of the Sanborn Map Company
- Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850-1920), United States federal judge
- Alan Sanborn (b. 1957), American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917), American journalist, author, and philanthropist, born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
- Alden Sprague Sanborn (1820-1885), American politician, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, 1867-68 8
- Albert W. Sanborn (b. 1853), American Republican politician, Member of Wisconsin State Assembly, 1885; Member of Wisconsin State Senate 12th District, 1905-12 8
- ... (Another 44 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
| Suggested Readings for the name Sanborn | + |
- Supplement to Genealogy of the Sanborn Family by Nathan Sanborn.
- The English Ancestry of the American Sanborns by Victor Channing Sanborn.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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