Sickelmore History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Sickelmore

The name Sickelmore was brought to England by the Normans when they conquered the country in 1066. The ancestors of the Sickelmore family lived in Suffolk. Their name, however, translates as the dweller by the sycamore trees.

Early Origins of the Sickelmore family

Early History of the Sickelmore family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sickelmore research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1605, 1606, 1607 and 1610 are included under the topic Early Sickelmore History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sickelmore Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Sickelmore are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Sickelmore include Sicklemore, Siklemore, Sicamour, Sicamore, Sickelmore, Sicklemour, Sicklemere and many more.

Early Notables of the Sickelmore family

John Sicklemore (died 1610), Governor of Virginia, possibly connected with the Suffolk family of Sicklemore, which was originally settled at Bramford, near Ipswich. "In early life he changed his name to Ratcliffe. In 1605 a Captain Ratcliffe, who may have been identical with John Sicklemore, served in the English auxiliary force employed in the Netherlands under Sir Horace Vere, and was taken prisoner in October at the battle of Mulheim with Sir Henry Cary and Captain Pigott. On 20 Dec. 1606 he sailed from London in command of the Discovery, a pinnace of 20 tons, in...
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Migration of the Sickelmore family

Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Sickelmore, or a variant listed above: James Sicklemore arrived in Barbados with his servants in 1680; Michael Sicklemore was one of the first settlers in Virginia in 1608; twelve years before the ".