Lamberton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lamberton family

The surname Lamberton was first found in Lamerton, a village and civil parish located 3 miles north-west of the town of Tavistock, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. The parish dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first recorded as Lambretona. 1 The place name literally meant "farmstead on the lamb stream or loam stream," from the Old English "lamb" + "tun." 2

The Scottish branch of the family originated in the barony of Lamberton in Berwickshire. The village of Lamberton is first mentioned on a charter of King Edgar of Scotland in 1095 A.D. William de Lamberton witnessed a charter by David I to the church of Dunfermline of a fishing in the Tweed and a toft in Berwick, c. 1136 and also witnessed another charter by the same king (1147) confirming Earl Gospatric's gift of the villages of Ederham and Nisbet to the monks of S. Cuthbert at Coldingham. Adam de Lamberton granted c. 1190-1200 to his nephew a third part of his land of Lambertun, and within the same dates he granted to Galfrid de Hessewel, his grandson, a third part of the same lands. John de Lambertoune witnessed a grant of land in Dunypais, c. 1200, and attested the letters of protection to the prior and monks of Lesmahagow granted by Alexander II in 1230. Ade de Lambirtoun was steward to the prior of Coldingham, c. 1270, and several individuals of the name holding lands in the counties of Berwick, Lanark, Edinburgh, Fife, Forfar, and Stirling, rendered homage in 1296 for their possessions. William de Lambirtoun granted the church of Deruisyn (Dairsie) to the prior and convent of St. Andrews in 1300. 3

The Scottish branch is thought to have originated in Lamerton, Devon. 4

Early History of the Lamberton family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lamberton research. Another 175 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1120, 1136, 1200, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1300, 1305, 1306, 1308, 1328, 1400 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Lamberton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lamberton Spelling Variations

Although the name, Lamberton, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Lamberton, Lambertone, Lambertown, Lambertson, Lamberson, Lamerson, Lambertsen, Lambyrton, Lambettson, Lamburton, Lambertun, Lambertoune and many more.

Early Notables of the Lamberton family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

William de Lamberton (died 1328), who was Bishop of St Andrews from 1297 (consecrated 1298) until his death. Lamberton swore fealty to Edward I in 1296, but afterwards supported Sir William Wallace, a...
Lamberton was charged with treason, but the death of Edward I did release him from prison, and it was on 23 May 1308 that Edward II consented to liberate him from Winchester Castle, accepting security...

Lamberton Ranking

In the United States, the name Lamberton is the 18,139^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5

Lamberton migration to the United States +

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Lamberton family name Lamberton, or who bore a variation of the surname were

Lamberton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

George Lamberton, who sailed to New Haven in Connecticut in 1635

Lamberton Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anna Lamberton to New York in 1710
Anna Margaret Lamberton, aged 13, who arrived in New York in 1710 6
Ffrances Lamberton, aged 10, who landed in New York in 1710 6
Garrit Lamberton, aged 12, who arrived in New York in 1710 6
Christopher Lamberton to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1799

Lamberton Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Lamberton to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1847

Lamberton migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Lamberton Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Grace Lamberton, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1863 7
Miss Grace Lamberton, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Gertrude" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 9th February 1863 8
Thomas Lamberton, aged 30, a miner, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Strathnaver" in 1874
Mary G. Lamberton, aged 35, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Strathnaver" in 1874
Jane Lamberton, aged 7, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Strathnaver" in 1874
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Lamberton (post 1700) +

Judge Robert Lamberton (1809-1885), American associate Judge of the Courts of Venango County, Pennsylvania, founder of the first bank in the County known as the Lamberton Savings Bank
Kenneth "Ken" J. Lamberton (b. 1958), American writer and former teacher
Karen Lamberton, American Music executive born in New York
Robert Eneas Lamberton (1886-1941), American Republican politician, Mayor of Philadelphia (1940 to 1941) 9
Benjamin P. Lamberton (1844-1912), American admiral, eponym of the USS Lamberton (DD-119)
Charles Lamberton (1912-1956), French paleontologist who studied on the island of Madagascar
Thierry Dominique Lamberton (b. 1966), French ice speed skater at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Beatrice Lamberton Warde (1900-1969), née Becker, American writer and scholar of typography, marketing manager for the British Monotype Corporation, "one of the few women typographers in the world"

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