| ![Show Contents]() Beemind History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of BeemindWhat does the name Beemind mean? Beemind is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Beemind family once lived near a mountain. This name was brought to England by the Normans, and is a corruption of the Norman French name Beaumont, which means beautiful mountain.1 "In former times, when mead or methlegn was a favourite beverage, the number of bees kept in England must have been much larger than now. Bee-parlts, or enclosures, exist in several parts of the country, though now appropriated to other uses. The keeper of such a park was called Custos Apium-"keeper of the bees"-whence Beeman. " 2 Early Origins of the Beemind familyThe surname Beemind was first found in Suffolk, where R. Benum was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls in 1283. Later William le Bemon was found in Lancashire in 1324. 3 Early History of the Beemind familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beemind research. Another 227 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1283, 1324, 1379, 1500, 1674 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Beemind History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Beemind 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 Beemind family name include Beman, Beeman, Bemon, Beemon, Bayman, Baymon and many more. Early Notables of the Beemind familyMore information is included under the topic Early Beemind Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Beemind familyFor 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 Beemind surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Beman who arrived in Virginia in 1623 and William Beman in Virginia in 1774.
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- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- 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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