| ![Show Contents]() Quarme History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Quarme familyThe surname Quarme was first found in Cornwall. "Nancor [in the parish of Creed in Cornwall] was for a considerable time a seat belonging to the very ancient family of Quarme; and in early periods it seems to have been a place of their abode; as in the parish church there are some monuments of this family. Until of late, Nancor was the property of John Peters, Esq. of whom it has been purchased of the Rev. George Moore, of Garlinneck, who is the present possessor. The Quarme family is said to have descended from an ancient British tribe, that was never wholly subdued or ruined, either by the Romans, Saxons, Danes, or Normans. About the time of William the Conqueror, the ancestor of this branch lived in wealth and honour at his seat in the South Hams in Devonshire. But prior to this period, many of this tribe about the year 454 departed from Great Britain and took up their abode in Armorica, in which place their descendants still perpetuate the family name. It was probably on account of this family and a few others, having survived the shocks of conquest, and retained their dignity amidst the convulsions of their country, and the revolutions of the world, that the following homely rhyme is indebted for its ancient birth:— 'When William the Conqueror did come, Quarme, Cruis, and Crocker, were at home.' " 1 Early History of the Quarme familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Quarme research. Another 127 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1079, 1142, 1149, 1162, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1676, 1679 and 1728 are included under the topic Early Quarme History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Quarme Spelling VariationsSound 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 Quarme family name include Quarme, Quarm, Cwarm, Kwarm, Quarrm, Quarrme and others. Early Notables of the Quarme familyDistinguished members of the family include - John Quarme, rector of The Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth, Cornwall (1676-1679)
Migration of the Quarme familyFor 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 Quarme surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Quarman, who settled in Maryland in 1774; and Elizabeth Quarm, who arrived in Utah in 1866.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Quarme (post 1700) | + |
- Robert Quarme, English amateur cricketer who made 4 known appearances in first-class cricket matches for Berkshire from 1792 to 1793; he mat be the same Robert Quarme who was Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod (1762-1787)
- Hutchins, Fortescue, The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time. London: William Penaluna, 1824. Print
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