Stumph History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Stumph family

The surname Stumph was first found in Sussex where Martin and William Stumpe were registered as holding lands in the Subsidy Rolls of 1332. 1 The name is thought to have a similar origin as the name Stubbe, from the Middle English "atte stumpe", meaning "dweller by the stump." 2 3

The next record found of the family was in Colchester, Essex where Henry Stompe, Stoompe was listed in 1373. 1

Early History of the Stumph family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stumph research. Another 102 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1373, 1455, 1487, 1498, 1519, 1524, 1529, 1547, 1549, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1555, 1560, 1561, 1563, 1779 and 1863 are included under the topic Early Stumph History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Stumph Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stump, Stumpe, Stomp, Stompe, Stumpes, Stompes and others.

Early Notables of the Stumph family

Distinguished members of the family include William Stumpe (fl. 1498-1552) of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, the richest and most famous clothier in Wiltshire. He would later become a politician. His father is said to have been a weaver and at one time parish clerk of North Nibley in east Gloucestershire, where Stumpe's brother Thomas still described himself as a 'husbandman' in his will of 1551. William is first recorded as a resident of Malmesbury in 1524, when the assessments for subsidy show him as already one of the town's four richest inhabitants. At the dissolution of Malmesbury Abbey, he was able to acquire...
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Stumph migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stumph Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Stumph, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 4
Henrich Carl Stumph, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1769 4

Stumph Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Ernestine Stumph, aged 39, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 4

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Hanks Patricia, Flavia Hodges, Mills A.D., Room Adrian, The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7)
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)
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)