Early Origins of the Blacemant family
The surname Blacemant was first found in
Durham but also in other areas of Britain including John Blakeman who was listed in
Devon during the reign of Henry III
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) and in
Norfolk where Blacheman
filius Aedwardi was listed in the
Pipe Rolls of 1166. Jordanus filius Blakeman was listed in the
Pipe Rolls of
Hampshire of 1188. A few years later the
Pipe Rolls of 1206 listed John Blakeman in
Surrey.
[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Early History of the Blacemant family
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Blacemant Spelling Variations
The name Blacemant, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt Blackman, Blachman, Blackmann and others.
Early Notables of the Blacemant family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Blacemant family to the New World and Oceana
The New World beckoned as many of the settlers in
Ireland, known as the Scotch/Irish, became disenchanted. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships." Amongst the early settlers who could be considered kinsmen of the Blacemant family, or who bore a variation of the surname Blacemant were John Blackman who settled in Dorchester in 1640; Nicholas Blackman who settled in Virginia in 1624; Thomas Blackman settled in Barbados with his wife, children and servants in 1679..