Does anyone have a good dictionary of England surnames, please? I would like to connect SUSHAM and SUSSIN but I notice that the IGI does not lump them together.There are many spelling variations for SUSSIN. Most involve interchanging one or both vowels. My gr4grandmother's surname SUSSIN appears only once in public records. Weston Longville marriage register: - John SPAUL of this parish singleman and Sarah SUSSIN of this parish singlewoman were married in this church by licence 20 Feb 1764 by George Howes curate. Groom signed. Bride made her mark X. Witnesses - William Worstead, James Smith. I checked but could not find a marriage bond. John SPAUL (b. 1739 Taverham, d. 1811 Gt. Witchingham) was blacksmith during most of Rev. James Woodforde's years at Weston Longville and there are several references to 'Spaule' in the Parson Woodforde diaries. John SPAUL's two brothers resided at Costessey where blacksmithing was the family occupation. Calculating from her burial 1785 age 53, my Sarah SUSSIN was born abt 1732. The only possibility I have found is Sarah dau. John SUSHAM & wf Sarah HAMM bp 12 Mar 1730/31 Norwich St. John de Sepulchre. John SUSHAM, grandfather of this Sarah, is listed in the registers as a blacksmith and blacksmiths children tended to marry each other. Bonnie Ostler .
Hanks & Hodges "A Dictionary of Surnames" says Sisson (and Sissons) is a variant of Sisley, derived from the medieval female given name Sisley or Cecily. It gives a number of variants, but not those you list. It also lists Susin as a variant of Zisin, which it says comes from the Jewish female given name Zise, derived from the Yiddish word Zis, meaning sweet. It also mentions Susskind and variants, originating from the German suss = sweet and kind = child. No mention of Susham or anything like it though. Cottle's "Penguin Dictionary of Surnames" says Sisson means son of Cecilia and mentions the link with Sisley. It also lists Sussams, as menaing son of Susan., both of which are also given in Reaney & Wilson's "A Dictionary of English Surnames". Jim Fisher On 31 Jul 2011 at 6:32, Bonnie Ostler wrote: Date sent: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:32:41 -0400 From: Bonnie Ostler <bjrgen@gmail.com> To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] Sussen, Sussins...Sisson....Susham? Send reply to: norfolk@rootsweb.com > Does anyone have a good dictionary of England surnames, please? > > I would like to connect SUSHAM and SUSSIN but I notice that the IGI > does not lump them together.There are many spelling variations for > SUSSIN. Most involve interchanging one or both vowels. > > My gr4grandmother's surname SUSSIN appears only once in public > records. Weston Longville marriage register: - John SPAUL of this > parish singleman and Sarah SUSSIN of this parish singlewoman were > married in this church by licence 20 Feb 1764 by George Howes curate. > Groom signed. Bride made her mark X. Witnesses - William Worstead, > James Smith. I checked but could not find a marriage bond. > > John SPAUL (b. 1739 Taverham, d. 1811 Gt. Witchingham) was blacksmith > during most of Rev. James Woodforde's years at Weston Longville and > there are several references to 'Spaule' in the Parson Woodforde > diaries. John SPAUL's two brothers resided at Costessey where > blacksmithing was the family occupation. > > Calculating from her burial 1785 age 53, my Sarah SUSSIN was born abt > 1732. The only possibility I have found is Sarah dau. John SUSHAM & wf > Sarah HAMM > bp 12 Mar 1730/31 Norwich St. John de Sepulchre. John SUSHAM, > grandfather > of this Sarah, is listed in the registers as a blacksmith and > blacksmiths children tended to marry each other. > > Bonnie Ostler > . > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >