Saltmarch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Saltmarch is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the township of Saltmarsh which was in the parish of Howden in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Saltmarch is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. During the Middle Ages people were very conscious of the variations in their surroundings including the soil types. In this case the original bearers of the surname Saltmarch were named due to their close proximity to a salt marsh.

Early Origins of the Saltmarch family

The surname Saltmarch was first found in Yorkshire where the first record of the name was William Saltmarsh, Latinized De Salso Marisco, witnessed a grant of Richard Strongbow in the 12th century. Sir Richard Saltmarsh was one of the knights of that shire 17. Edward II. 1

Saltmarsh is a township, in the parish and union of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. "The Hall is a handsome stone mansion, with a well-wooded lawn and pleasure-grounds, the seat of the Saltmarsh family." 2

Early History of the Saltmarch family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Saltmarch research. Another 66 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1639, 1646 and 1647 are included under the topic Early Saltmarch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Saltmarch 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 Saltmarch family name include Saltmarsh, Saltmarshe and others.

Early Notables of the Saltmarch family

Notables of this surname at this time include: John Saltmarsh (d. 1647), English mystical writer, of an old Yorkshire family, and a native of Yorkshire. Leaving the university, he became (about 1639) rector of Heslerton, Yorkshire. In 1646 Saltmarsh became an army chaplain, attached to the fortunes of Sir Thomas Fairfax. "On Saturday, 4 Dec. 1647, rousing himself from what he deemed a trance, he left his abode at Caystreet, near Great Ilford, Essex, and...
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Migration of the Saltmarch 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 Saltmarch surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Saltmarsh who was banished to Barbados in 1685.

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.