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The surname Sokelin was first found in Norfolk at Woodton, a parish, in the union of Loddon and Clavering, hundred of Loddon. This village was home to the family from ancient times. "The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Rev. A. Suckling: the tithes have been commuted for £615, and the glebe comprises 27 acres, with a house. The church [(Woodton All Saints)] is chiefly in the decorated English style, with a circular tower of earlier date, surmounted by an octagonal turret, and has some handsome monuments to the Suckling family." 1 The church is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
Today, early legal records provide a plethora of information about the family with various early spellings. John Sokeling was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Berkshire in 1195. Richards Sukeling was listed in Oxfordshire in 1253 and Mabilia Sucling was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk in 1253. 2 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Adam Sucklin and Robert Sucling in Oxfordshire and Walter Sucling in Suffolk. 3
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sokelin research. Another 129 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1348, 1353, 1430, 1479, 1520, 1569, 1570, 1589, 1601, 1609, 1626, 1627 and 1642 are included under the topic Early Sokelin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Suckling, Sucklin, Suckley, Sukley, Sukling, Sukelly, Sokelan and many more.
Notables of this surname at this time include: Robert Suckling (1520-1589), of St. Andrew's, Norwich, Norfolk, an English politician; and Sir John Suckling (1569-1627), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Suckling settled in Hingham Massachusetts in 1630; Thomas Sucklin settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1638; Balthazar Sucklin settled in Barbados and/or Jamaica in 1700.