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![Show Contents]() Sillock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The name Sillock is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the parish of Sellick found in the county of Herefordshire. The surname Sillock is a habitation name which forms a broad category of surnames that were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. Early Origins of the Sillock familyThe surname Sillock was first found in Herefordshire 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 Sillock familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sillock research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1250 and 1450 are included under the topic Early Sillock History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Sillock 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 Sillock family name include Sellick, Selleck, Sellock, Sellock, Sellecke, Seliock, Sellighe, Sellioke and many more. Early Notables of the Sillock familyMore information is included under the topic Early Sillock Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Sillock familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Sillock surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Samuel Sellick settled in Virginia in 1654; Nathanial Sellich settled in Philadelphia in 1764.
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