The name Slocom is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in Slocombe found on the Isle of Wight and in the county of Devon. The surname Slocom was originally derived from the Old English word Slahcumb which means dweller in the valley.
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Early Origins of the Slocom family
The surname Slocom was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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Early History of the Slocom family
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Slocom 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 Slocom family name include Slocum, Slowcombe, Slocombe, Slocum, Slocumb and others.
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Early Notables of the Slocom family
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Migration of the Slocom family
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Slocom surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Giles Slocum, already mentioned; Peleg Slocum settled in west New Jersey in 1664; G. S. and J. R. Slocum arrived in San Francisco in 1850; William Slocum arrived in Savannah, Georgia in 1820.
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