Kingsmen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Kingsmen family

Early History of the Kingsmen family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kingsmen research. Another 179 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1166, 1184, 1349, 1369, 1379, 1530, 1533, 1573 and 1611 are included under the topic Early Kingsmen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Kingsmen 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 Kingsmen family name include Kingsman, Kingman, Kingesman, Kyngsman, Kyngesman and others.

Early Notables of the Kingsmen family

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Migration of the Kingsmen 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 Kingsmen surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Robert Kingsman, who sailed to New England in 1633. Henry Kingman journeyed to Massachusetts in 1635 with his wife and five children. Lee Kingman sailed to Virginia in 1650.