Lippincot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The lineage of the name Lippincot begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in the settlement of Lippincotts in Culmstock in the county of Devon. The surname Lippincot belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Early Origins of the Lippincot family

The surname Lippincot was first found in Devon where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Lippincot family

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Lippincot Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Lippincot has undergone many spelling variations, including Lippincott, Lippincot, Lippingcott, Luffincott and many more.

Early Notables of the Lippincot family

Notables of the family at this time include

Richard Lippincott (1615-1683), English Quaker to America from Devon, England who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Lippincot migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Lippincot were among those contributors:

Lippincot Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Lippincot, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1640 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lippincot (post 1700) +

James M. Lippincot, American politician, Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1908 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html