Dysson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Scotland

Etymology of Dysson

The name Dysson is tied to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of England. It comes from the medieval personal name Dennis. Dysson is a metronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. In this case, the surname comes from the first name of the mother, or of another female ancestor of the bearer. It was common for second sons to take the name of their mother as a surname in the Middle Ages. In general, where patronymic surnames were used, the first son adopted the given name of his father as a surname. This type of surname is the most common form of hereditary surname. The earliest origins of this family were found in the county of Worcestershire, where they had been settled prior to the Norman Conquest, in 1066.

Early Origins of the Dysson family

Early History of the Dysson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dysson research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1387, 1688, 1722, 1742, 1776, 1788, 1808, 1812, 1816, 1836 and 1860 are included under the topic Early Dysson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dysson 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 Dysson has undergone many spelling variations, including Dyson, Dison, Disson, Dysson and others.

Early Notables of the Dysson family

Jeremiah Dyson (1722-1776), English civil servant and politician who has been tersely described as ‘by birth a tailor, by education a dissenter, and from interest or vanity in his earlier years a republican.’ His father, whether a tailor or not, left considerable means to his son, who, it is established by many witnesses, professed in early life the extremist principles of Whiggism. For two years he studied at the university of Edinburgh, and ‘Jupiter’ Carlyle bears testimony to his ‘perfect idea of the constitution of the church of Scotland, and the nature and state of the livings of the clergy.’ On...
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Migration of the Dysson family

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 Dysson were among those contributors: Edward Dyson who settled in Maryland in 1725; William Dyson settled in New England in 1756; Daniel, Frederick, James, John, Joseph, and William Dyson all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1865..