Belamore History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Belamore family

The surname Belamore was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th.

Early History of the Belamore family

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Belamore 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 Belamore family name include Belmore, Belemer, Bellmer, Belmer, Bellmore, Belamore and many more.

Early Notables of the Belamore family

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Belamore migration to the United States +

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 Belamore surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Belamore Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Duncomb Belamore, who settled in Virginia in 1694