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Early Origins of the Cammock family

The surname Cammock was first found in Lincolnshire, where "the Cammacks have long been in the county. Four mayors of Boston bore the name of Cammock in the reign of James I. " [1]

Early History of the Cammock family

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Cammock Spelling Variations

Spelling and translation were hardly exact sciences in Medieval Scotland. Sound, rather than any set of rules, was the basis for spellings, so one name was often spelled different ways even within a single document. Spelling variations are thus an extremely common occurrence in Medieval Scottish names. Cammock has been spelled Cammock, Cammack, Cammac, Cammok, Camic, Camac and others.

Early Notables of the Cammock family

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Ireland Migration of the Cammock family to Ireland

Some of the Cammock family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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United States Cammock migration to the United States +

Such hard times forced many to leave their homeland in search of opportunity across the Atlantic. Many of these families settled along the east coast of North America in communities that would become the backbones of the young nations of the United States and Canada. The ancestors of many of these families have rediscovered their roots in the 20th century through the establishment of Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Among them:

Cammock Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Thomas Cammock, who settled in Maine in 1630


  1. Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.


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