Smiddy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Smiddy family

The surname Smiddy was first found in Cheshire at Brereton, with Smethwick, a parish, in the union of Congleton, hundred of Northwich. "The church, a stately structure in the later style of English architecture, with a roof of carved oak, was formerly a chapel of ease to the church at Astbury, but was made parochial, and endowed with the tithes of Brereton cum Smethwick, in the reign of Henry VIII.; it contains monuments of Lord Brereton and the Smethwick family." 1

Smethwick, is a hamlet and manufacturing district, in the parish of Harborne, union of King's-Norton, in Staffordshire. 1 "The Staffordshire Smethwick was Smedewich (d for th, CH as k) in Domesday Book: it "lies on a plain at the foot of the Rowley Hills." 2

Another source has a different spelling for the Domesday Book entry, that of "Smedeuuich" which is not uncommon as entries were a translation for Latin and Middle English. This same source notes that the place name literally means "dwelling or building of the smiths." 3

Early History of the Smiddy family

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Smiddy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Smethwick, Smithwick, Smithick and others.

Early Notables of the Smiddy family

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Migration of the Smiddy family to Ireland

Some of the Smiddy family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Smiddy family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Henry Smithick who settled in Virginia in 1675; William Smithwick settled in Barbados in 1679 with his servants; Ed Smithwike settled in North Carolina in 1675.

Contemporary Notables of the name Smiddy (post 1700) +

Timothy Smiddy (1875-1962), Irish academic, economist, and diplomat

Historic Events for the Smiddy family +

Fraterville mine

Mr. Edward C. Smiddy (d. 1902), American coal miner at Fraterville mine in Tennessee, on the 19th May 1902 when an explosion collapsed the mine; he died 4
Mr. Joseph Smiddy (d. 1902), American coal miner at Fraterville mine in Tennessee, on the 19th May 1902 when an explosion collapsed the mine; he died 4

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
News paper article Fraterville Mine Disaster retrieved on 6th August 2021. (Retrieved from http://www.tn.gov/tsla/exhibits/disasters/fraterville.htm).