The surname Debanks was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat. Much conjecture has arisen about the origin of this name. Early records are scanty. Some have attributed the name to be Huguenot. "This was a common Huguenot name in he 17th and 18th centuries. The earliest known bearers in England are three people called Thomas Debanck of Hartshorne, Derbyshire, (father, son and grandson, from 1611); Nathaniel Debanke of Martock, Somerset (1655); and Joseph Debanke, a weaver in London (1656). " 1 In this case, the name was perhaps a topographic name (with the preposition de) from the French word "banc" meaning bench, bank. However, in the Wirral in Cheshire we find the name commonly used for a resident by the banks of the River Dee. The name Dee or Du, meaning black, is Welsh and both names proliferate throughout Shropshire and Herefordshire.
Early History of the Debanks family
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Debanks Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Deebank, Deebe, Deeble and others.
Early Notables of the Debanks family
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Migration of the Debanks family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
