| ![Show Contents]() Sheepshanks History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
Scotland
England
Etymology of SheepshanksWhat does the name Sheepshanks mean? The name Sheepshanks is generally thought to have been a nickname for someone who had badly formed legs 1 or was bowlegged. 2 Early Origins of the Sheepshanks familyThe surname Sheepshanks was first found in the Inverness area of Scotland where Thomas Scheipschank was juror on an inquest made at St. Katherine's Chapel, Bauelay in 1280. 3 Apparently the name was also fairly common in Yorkshire, England as the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included entries for Alicia Shepshank, chapman; and Willelmus Schepschank. 4 In Norfolk, we found William Shepescanke in the Curia Regis Rolls for 1224. 5 Early History of the Sheepshanks familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sheepshanks research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the year 1208 is included under the topic Early Sheepshanks History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Sheepshanks Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Sheepshanks, Sheephanks, Sheepshank, Sheephank, Sheipshanks and many more. Early Notables of the Sheepshanks familyMore information is included under the topic Early Sheepshanks Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Sheepshanks migration to the United States | + |
Sheepshanks Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- William Sheepshanks, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1806
| Contemporary Notables of the name Sheepshanks (post 1700) | + |
- Mary Ryott Sheepshanks (1872-1960), English pacifist, feminist, journalist and social worker, daughter of John Sheepshanks, the Anglican bishop
- Ernest "Dick" Sheepshanks (1910-1937), English cricketer
- John Sheepshanks (1834-1912), English Anglican bishop
- John Sheepshanks (1765-1844), Archdeacon of Cornwall and vicar of St Gluvias
- John Sheepshanks (1787-1863), English art amateur and public benefactor, born at Leeds, son of Joseph Sheepshanks, a wealthy cloth-manufacturer
- Richard Sheepshanks (1794-1855), British astronomer, his sister Anne Sheepshanks (1789–1876), made major contributions to the observatory at Cambridge, accordingly she became the eponym of The Sheepshanks crater
- David Sheepshanks, Chairman of Ipswich Town football club in England
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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