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Somerville Family Crest
Somerville Family Crest
Somerville

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Where did the Scottish Somerville family come from? What is the Scottish Somerville family crest and coat of arms? When did the Somerville family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Somerville family history?

The surname Somerville originated in the place called Sémerville, in the department of Nord, France. Somerville is a local surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. There are many different types of local surnames, some of which include: topographic surnames, which could be given to a person who lived beside any 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.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Sommerville, Summervillle, Somerville, Somerfield, Somervale, Somervile, Summerville, Summervale, Sumeril, Somahan and many more.

First found in Staffordshire, where they held a family seat, and the first of this name was Walter Somerville, Lord of Wichnor in Staffordshire, and Aston Somerville in Gloucestershire, and accompanied William the Conqueror into England at the Conquest in 1066. Walter had two sons, Walter and William of whom we shall treat.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Somerville research. Another 369 words(26 lines of text) covering the year 1296 is included under the topic Early Somerville History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Somerville Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Somerville family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 99 words(7 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Somerville Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • James Somerville who landed in America in 1685

Somerville Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • James Somerville, who landed in Maryland in 1719

Somerville Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Thomas Somerville, who arrived in America in 1811
  • John Somerville, aged 39, arrived in Maryland in 1812
  • Archibald Somerville, aged 35, arrived in New York in 1812
  • Samuel Somerville, aged 40, landed in New York in 1812
  • Thomas Somerville who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1813


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  • Sir James Fownes Somerville (1882-1949), Scottish Royal Navy, Admiral of the Fleet
  • Jimmy Somerville (b. 1961), Scottish pop singer
  • Rt. Rev. Thomas David Somerville (b. 1915), Canadian Archbishop of New Westminster, BC
  • James Somerville (1834-1916), Canadian journalist, newspaper editor and political figure, member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Sir Annesley Ashworth Somerville (1858-1942), English politician, Member of the UK Parliament for Windsor (1922-1942)
  • Dave Somerville (b. 1933), Canadian singer, member of "The Diamonds;"
  • Margaret Anne Ganley Somerville (b. 1942), Australian-born, Canadian ethicist and academic, Professor of Law, and ethics in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University
  • Lilian Somerville (1905-1985), English arts administrator, née Tillard


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  • The Families Somerville, Somervaill, Summerall, Summerell, Summerill et al. by James H. Hines.
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A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Somerville
Semval, Semvale, Semvil, Semvile, Semvul, Semvyle, Simval, Simvale, Simvil, Simvile, Simvul, Simvyle, Soamaghan, Soamaham, Soamahan, Soamahand, Soamahane, Soamahant, Soamahen, Soamahend, Soamahent, Soamahind, Soamahint, Soamahyn, Soamahynd, Soamaman, Soameral, Soamerale, Soamerall, Soameril, Soamerile, Soamerul, Soamerval, Soamervale, Soamervil, Soamervile, Soamerville, Soamervul, Soamervyle, Soameryle, Soammaville, Soammeral, Soammerale, Soammerall, Soammeril, Soammerile, Soammerley, Soammerul, Soammeryle, Soemaghan and more.

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  10. Scarlett, James D. Tartan The Highland Textile. London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0-85683-120-4).
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