Glenham History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsEarly Origins of the Glenham familyThe surname Glenham was first found in Suffolk where Great Glemham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District and Little Glemham is a small village a few miles away. Both places date back to the Domesday Book where they were listed as Glaimham which probably meant "homestead or village noted for its revelry or games," having derived from the Old English words gleam + ham. 1 Glemham Hall is an Elizabethan stately home on the outskirts of the village of Little Glemham and was built around 1560 by the De Glemham family. 2 Early History of the Glenham familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Glenham research. Another 187 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1103, 1177, 1449, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1513, 1532, 1560, 1576, 1590, 1591, 1593, 1594, 1597, 1600, 1601, 1603, 1604, 1614, 1617, 1621, 1622, 1625, 1632, 1644, 1649, 1670 and 1820 are included under the topic Early Glenham History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Glenham Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Glenham, Glemham, Clenham, Glanham, Clanham, Glenam, Glenum, Clanam, Clenam, Gleymham, Cleynham, Gleman, Gleeman, Cleeman and many more. Early Notables of the Glenham familyDistinguished members of the family include
Migration of the Glenham familySome 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..
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