Saturday, March 2nd, 2019

WHATS IN A NAME?

I know it has been a while...ok, over 2 months, but not a full quarter.  At any rate, I am easing back in with a short one.

In reading through "Our Lambson Family - Barnabas to Boaz" I came across a section dealing with the various permutations that are known in the spelling of our family name.  I quote from page 3:

"Research on the family name has given us the following information:

  'Various forms of the name are as follows: Godwin Lambesune...Berkshire during the reigns of            Henry III and Edward I...Johannes and Ricardus Lambeson resided in Yorkshire in  1379...                  Thomas Lamson appears in Court Rolls in the reign of Edward IV and William Lampson in                 the time of Queen Elizabeth....' "[To this we can add that it was recorded in Essex County in                 the 16th Century with the spelling LAMBSON.]"  (Bardsley): Dictionary, English and Welsh               Surnames."

 "The earliest mention of our name in America is William who, it is recorded came from England in 1634.  He appears on a list of freemen in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1637.  BARNABAS arrived in 1635, and is recorded as a Selectman in 1636.  Thomas is found at about the same time. He did not settle in Massachusetts but went to New Haven, a very early Connecticut settlement.  BARNABAS settled in Newtowne, later named Cambridge, Massachusetts, living there until his death around 1640. These three men, with Colonial records generally spelling the name , "Lamson or Lampson" are purported to be closely related, possibly brothers.  It is recorded that William and Thomas were christened in Terling, Essex, England, but we have not yet found BARNABAS' place of birth. (Taken in part from the writings of Dr. W. J. Lamson.)"

Sooooo......spell it however you  want😊.