Byrnam History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Byrnam family

Early History of the Byrnam family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Byrnam research. Another 49 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1619 and 1688 are included under the topic Early Byrnam History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Byrnam Spelling Variations

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 Byrnam family name include Burnham, Burnam and others.

Early Notables of the Byrnam family

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Migration of the Byrnam family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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. Early immigrants bearing the Byrnam surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Burnham, who came to Barbados in 1635; William Burnham, who arrived at St. Christopher in 1635; John Burnham, who arrived in Virginia in 1643; Thomas Burnham who settled in Hartford, Conn. in 1649, beginning a distinguished line in America.