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

The name Adlam is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name was given to a person who was a soldier. The surname Adlam literally means noble protector. The name was derived from the Old English adel helm which literally means "eagle shield."

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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 Adlam family name include Headlam, Adhelm, Eadhelm, Adelhelm, Addlam, Adlum, Adlam and many more.

First found in the county of Somerset in south western England where, it is said the family had been settled centuries before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Adlam research. Another 163 words(12 lines of text) covering the years 1631, 1677, 1750 and 1823 are included under the topic Early Adlam History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 109 words(8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Adlam Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Adlam family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 41 words(3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Adlam or a variant listed above:

Adlam Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • John Adlam who arrived at Nevis in 1670

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  • Lt. Colonel Tom Edwin Adlam (1893-1975), English soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I
  • Adrian Adlam (b. 1963), British violinist, conductor and music educator
  • Major General William Adlam (1750-1823), English British Army soldier and artist


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The Adlam Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Adlam Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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