Fleming Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Fleming

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Fleming history with Fleming Family Crest
Suggested Readings for Fleming
Surname Notables
Clan Badge of Fleming

Septs of Fleming

About Family Crests

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

The earliest recorded instance of the Fleming family name show the family in Flanders, which was located on the North Sea and was a prosperous center for the cloth industry during the Middle Ages. The name is derived from the Anglo-French word "fleming," which comes from the Old French word "flamanc," which means "a Fleming."

Flemish surnames are characterized by a large number of spelling variations. One reason for this is that medieval English lacked definite spelling rules. The spellings of surnames were also influenced by the official court languages, which were French and Latin. Names were rarely spelled consistently in medieval times, when most people were illiterate. Scribes and church officals recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to specific spelling rules, and people often had their names registered in several different forms throughout their lives. One of the greatest reasons for change is the linguistic uniqueness of the Flemish settlers in England, who spoke a language closely related to Dutch. The pronounciation and spelling of Flemish names were often altered to suit the tastes of English-speaking people. In many cases, the first, final, or middle syllables of surnames were eliminated. The name has been spelled Fleming, Flemming, Fleeman, Flemons, Flemyng, Fleeming, Flamank, Flament, Flement and many more.

First found in Lanarkshire, where the Fleming family was seated from early times. The name first appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

In the immigration and passenger lists a number of early immigrants bearing the name Fleming were found: Abraham Fleming, who arrived in Boston in 1635; Elizabeth Fleming, who settled in Virginia in 1650; as did Christopher Fleming in 1653; Alexander Fleming, who came to Charleston, South Carolina in 1768.

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Suggested Readings for the name Fleming

Hamilton, Mullins, Fleming, and Related Lines (of Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee) by Verle Hamilton Parrish.
Let the Deed Show: A Pictorial and Historical Record of the Fleming, Edwards and Woods Families Dating from 1700's to 1980 by James R. Fleming.

Some noteworthy people of the name Fleming

Peggy Gale Fleming (b. 1948), American figure skater who won five U.S. titles, three World titles and the gold medal in the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (1857-1911), American (Scottish born) astronomer made an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, the first American woman to be so elected
James Phillip Fleming (b. 1943), American military pilot in the Vietnam War awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing a 6-man Green Beret unit stranded within heavy enemy positions
Renée Fleming (b. 1959), American operatic soprano acclaimed by the press as "one of the truly magnificent voices of our time"
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Scottish biologist and pharmacologist who discovered of penicillin (1928) and shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945
Tom Fleming (b. 1927), Scottish actor, director, and poet
Rt. Rev. William Launcelot Scott Fleming (b. 1906), the renowned British ecclesiastic and explorer. His expeditions took him to Iceland, Spitzbergen, and the Antarctic
Sir Sanford Fleming (1827-1915), Canadian engineer and inventor, best known for introducing Universal Standard Time and the 24 hour clock to the world
Major James Fleming, officer of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment during the War of 1861-65
Commander Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), English author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond, but children remember him as the author of the story "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
Sir John Ambrose Fleming (1849-1945), English electrical engineer and physicist
Paul Fleming (1609-1640), German poet
Robert Peter Fleming (1907-1971), English travel writer
Charles Alexander Fleming (1916-1987), New Zealand ornithologist
Klaus Eriksson Fleming (1535-1597), Swedish (Finnish-born) admiral and nobleman
Captain Richard E. Fleming (1917-1942), United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in World War II during the Battle of Midway
Craig Fleming (b. 1971), English footballer
Damien Fleming (b. 1970), Australian cricketer
Don Fleming (1937-1963), American football safety

Fleming Clan Badge

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 Fleming
Flemine, Fleming, Flemink, Flemmig, Flemmine, Flemming, Flemmink and more.

Tell Me More About Family Crests

Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Fleming family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Fleming coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Fleming genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Fleming Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Fleming 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.