| ![Show Contents]() Deam History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Early Origins of the Deam familyThe surname Deam was first found in Suffolk where Leuric Demere was listed at Bury St Edmunds c. 1095. Later in Staffordshire, we found Alan Demus at Trentham in 1250 and Richard le Demor, le Demur in 1201 and 1357. 1 The name literally means judge, from the "[Old English déma, démere, a judge]" 2 One source claims the name "as well as Damory, is said to have been derived from the Norman fief of De la Mer, near the mouth of the Seine." 3 Early History of the Deam familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Deam research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1095, 1250, 1279 and 1301 are included under the topic Early Deam History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Deam Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: DeMeer, DeMere, Deemer, Deamer, Demer, Demers, Deem, Deam, Delamere, Demera, Demur, Demurr and many more. Early Notables of the Deam familyMore information is included under the topic Early Deam Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Deam migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Deam Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- George Deam, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 4
- Frederick Deam, who settled in Philadelphia in 1854
| Contemporary Notables of the name Deam (post 1700) | + |
- Lara Hedberg Deam (b. 1967), American founder of architecture and design magazine Dwell and chair of the Dwell, LLC board
- Charles Clemon Deam (1865-1953), American first State Forester of Indiana who discovered 25 new species, 48 plants are named after him and his herbarium includes 78,000 specimens, eponym of Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area
- Emerson Deam, American politician, Mayor of Sidney, Ohio, 1953-54 5
- Jack Deam (b. 1972), born Ian Deam, an English actor, known for his roles in Shameless, Father Brown and DCI Banks
- Robert Deam Tobin (1961-2022), American Henry J Leir Chair in Literature, Language and Culture at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts from 2008 to 2022
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Deam migration to the United States 
