Rigmadint History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Rigmadint is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the county of Lancashire, where they held a family seat at Wedacre. The surname Rigmadint refers to the dweller by the ridge, in this case the reference is to the female bearer of the name.

Early Origins of the Rigmadint family

The surname Rigmadint was first found in Lancashire and Lincolnshire where two gentry families bore the name Rigmaiden. "I can give not better etymology for the name than 'a romping girl.' " 1 Nether Wyersdale in Lancashire was an ancient family seat. "Wyersdale was part of the possessions of the Lancasters: in the reign of Philip and Mary, John Rigmayden held the manor; and in 1605 it was held by the Gerards, of Bromley." 2

Early History of the Rigmadint family

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Rigmadint Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Rigmadint family name include Rigmaiden, Regmaiden, Rigmaden and others.

Early Notables of the Rigmadint family

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Migration of the Rigmadint family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Rigmadint surname or a spelling variation of the name include: William Rigmaiden who settled in Pennsylvania in 1761.

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.