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Etymology of Beasick

What does the name Beasick mean?

Beasick is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in one of two places named Beswick. One is located in the township of Berwick, in the parish of Kilnwick, in the East Riding of Yorkshire while the other is in Lancashire, where Berwick was a local to Manchester. "The many Beswicks of Lancashire undoubtedly hail from Yorkshire." 1 "The Beswicks of Gristhorpe [North Yorkshire] have been seated there for upwards of four centuries." 2

Early Origins of the Beasick family

The surname Beasick was first found in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where Thomas de Bessewik was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls of 1297. Later in London, Thomas Besewyk was recorded in 1379 and John Beswyk was listed a Freeman of York in 1411. 3

Early History of the Beasick family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beasick research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1688, 1758 and 1894 are included under the topic Early Beasick History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Beasick 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 Beasick family name include Beswick, Beswicke, Beswickt, Bestwick, Beeswick, Beswyck and many more.

Early Notables of the Beasick family

John Wright Beswick and his his sons John and Gilbert, founders of John Beswick Ltd, formerly J. W. Beswick, a pottery manufacturer, founded in 1894 in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. They produced high-quality porcelain figurines including many Beatrix Potter characters. Hannah Beswick (1688-1758), of Birchin Bower, Hollinwood, Oldham, Greater Manchester, was...
Another 48 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Beasick Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Beasick 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 Beasick surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Matthew Bestwick who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1834; James Beswick who settled in Philadelphia in 1856.
  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)

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