Chickin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Chickin

What does the name Chickin mean?

The name Chickin comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a person with the characteristics of a chicken. From the Old English word cicen, for chicken.

Early Origins of the Chickin family

The surname Chickin was first found in Suffolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Chickin family

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Chickin Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Chickin has undergone many spelling variations, including Chickin, Chiken, Chikin, Chicken, Chickerin and others.

Early Notables of the Chickin family

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Chickin migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Chickin were among those contributors:

Chickin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Joseph Chickin, aged 16, who arrived in New England in 1635 from Weymouth, England possible boat is Mary Gould 1

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)