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In the annals of Scottish history, few names go farther back than Lummisdyn, whose ancestors go back to the people of the Boernician tribe. The first family to use the name Lummisdyn lived in the parish of Coldingham, Berwickshire. They derived their name from the name of their manor, Lumsden. The name means Lumm's Valley in Old English, from the personal name Lumm.
The surname Lummisdyn was first found in Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland, 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.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lummisdyn research. Another 149 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1166, 1188, 1296, 1328, 1350, 1598 and 1660 are included under the topic Early Lummisdyn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Over the years, Lummisdyn has been written It appears under these variations because medieval scribes spelled names according to sound rather than by any over-arching set of rules. Lumsden, Lumsdane, Lummsdaine, Lammestone and many more.
Another 36 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lummisdyn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
When these Boernician-Scottish settlers arrived in North America they brought little with them and often had restart their lives from scratch. Through time, much of their heritage was lost, and it is only this century through Clan societies and highland games that many have recovered their national heritage. Research into various historical records has revealed some of first members of the Lummisdyn family to immigrate North America: Henry Lumsden, who settled in Maryland in 1715; James Lumsden settled in Virginia in 1774.