Sead History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Sead family

The surname Sead was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Sead family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sead research. Another 137 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1700, 1707, 1722, 1732, 1741, 1747 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Sead History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sead Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Seeds, Seed, Sead, Sede, Sedes, Seades, Seet, Seetes, Seates, Cedes and many more.

Early Notables of the Sead family

Distinguished members of the family include Jeremiah Seed (1700-1747), English divine, son of Jeremiah Seed, rector of Clifton, Westmorland, from 1707 until his death in 1722. Jeremiah, the Younger was chosen a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge in 1732...
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Migration of the Sead family to Ireland

Some of the Sead family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 102 words (7 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sead migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sead Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Katherine Sead, who landed in Virginia in 1717 1

Sources +

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)