Sixsmith History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

Early Origins of the Sixsmith family

The surname Sixsmith was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat, some say before the Norman Conquest by Duke William in 1066 A.D. They held a family seat as Lords of the manor in Halifax in that shire.

Early History of the Sixsmith family

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Sixsmith Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Shucksmith, Shucksmyth, Shucksmythe, Sixsmith, Sixsmyth, Sixsmythe, Sucksmith, Sucksmyth, Sucksmythe, Shuxsmith, Shuxsmyth, Shuxsmythe, Shoosmith, Shoosmyth, Shoosmythe, Shoesmith, Shoesmyth, Shoesmythe, Sexsmith, Sexsmyth and many more.

Early Notables of the Sixsmith family

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Sixsmith migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sixsmith Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Sixsmith who landed in New England in the 18th century

Sixsmith Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Sixsmith, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 1

Sixsmith migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Sixsmith Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Sixsmith, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Earl Grey" on 27th July 1838, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Sixsmith (post 1700) +

Guy Sixsmith, Stipendiary Magistrate
General Eric Sixsmith of Somerset, who wrote the critique "Eisenhower as Military Commander"

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-grey