Brief Life History of WICKHAM
When WICKHAM was born on 3 April 1690, in Heathfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Wickham, was 32 and his mother, Sarah, was 26.
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Parents and Siblings
1657– Male
1665– Female
Siblings (4)
1687– Male
1690– Male
1690– Female
1694– Male
World Events (2)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 111
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 118
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wīc ‘specialized farm, dairy farm’ + hām ‘homestead’, such as Wicham (Kent), Wickham (Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire), Wickhambreux (Kent), Wickhambrook (Suffolk), Wyckham (Sussex), Wycomb (Leicestershire), or Wykeham (Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire). Perhaps also from High Wycombe and West Wycombe (both Buckinghamshire), which had forms in -ham from the 16th century. In some instances, however, wīc-hām is associated with a Romano-British town, and wīc is an adaptation of Latin vicus. This is the case for Wickhambrook in Suffolk, the Roman association probably being the Roman villa at nearby Lidgate. Similarly, Wickham Market, also in Suffolk, is associated with a large Roman settlement in nearby Hacheston. The surname is now also common in Ireland (Wexford), where it was taken in the 17th century.
History: Thomas Wickham is recorded as a freeman of Weathersfield, CT, in 1658.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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