Sellock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Sellock

What does the name Sellock mean?

The ancestors of the name Sellock date back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Sellock family lived in the parish of Sellick found in the county of Herefordshire. The surname Sellock is a habitation name which forms a broad category of surnames that were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Sellock family

The surname Sellock was first found in Herefordshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Sellock family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sellock research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1250 and 1450 are included under the topic Early Sellock History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sellock Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Sellock are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Sellock include: Sellick, Selleck, Sellock, Sellock, Sellecke, Seliock, Sellighe, Sellioke and many more.

Early Notables of the Sellock family

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Sellock migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Second Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Second Fleet

Mr. Thomas Sellock, British settler convicted in Devon, England in 1789, sentenced to 7 years for stealing a horse, transported aboard the ship "Atlantic" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 1

Sources +

Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships