Lambertson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lambertson family

The surname Lambertson 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 Lambertson family

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Lambertson Spelling Variations

Although the name, Lambertson, 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 Lambertson 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, and through Wallace's influence he was elected bishop of St. Andrew's in 1297. "As one of the Scottish commissioners sent to the parliament of Westminster in 1305, he assented to the ordinance for the settlement of Scotland propounded by King Edward, and shortly afterwards was appointed one of the custodians of Scotland to maintain...
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Migration of the Lambertson family

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 Lambertson family name Lambertson, or who bore a variation of the surname were George Lamberton, who sailed to New Haven in Connecticut in 1635; Cornelis Lambertsen to New York in 1642; L. Lambettson to Virginia in 1652; Anna Lamberton to New York in 1710.

Contemporary Notables of the name Lambertson (post 1700) +

David Floyd Lambertson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to The Kingdom of Thailand (1988â€“1991)
William Purnell Lambertson (1880-1957), American politician, U.S. Representative from Kansas (1929-1945)

Sources +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)