Origin and History of the Surname Chambers

William Maston Chambers, b. about 1823, married Sallie Magdalene, b. about 1835. They were my generation's GGG grandparents and the parents of Elizabeth Jane Chambers, known as Eliza, b. 1854.

Eliza married Arlendo Robert Heath, b. about 1850. They were the parents of Cora Lee Heath, b. 1872, who married William Samuel Field, b. 1865;

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They were the parents of Nelle Virginia Field, b. 1899, who married Carleton D Jones, b. 1895;

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They were the parents of Fleeta Claire, Paul Wesley, DeRand and Virginia Lee (Ginger) Jones;

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Claire, Paul and Ginger were the parents of my generation.

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The Surname Chambers

 "This distinguished surname, with over fifteen entries in the "Dictionary of National Biography", and having no less than twenty-five Coats of Arms, is of French origin, and is an occupational name for an officer charged with the management of his lord's private living quarters.

The derivation is from the Old French "cha(u)mbre", room, chamber, ultimately from the Latin "camera". In medieval times, servants in royal households were held in high regard, and frequently those who occupied senior positions enjoyed certain privileges, and the post would often become hereditary. The name is synonymous in origin with Chamberlain, which originally denoted an official in charge of the private chambers of his master, and later became a title of high rank.

An interesting quote from the "Household Book of Queen Isabelle", dated 1358, reads "Griffin del Chambre, scutifier of Princess Isabel". Christopher Chambers, aged 24 yrs., who embarked from London on the ship "Constance" bound for Virginia in October 1635, was one of the earliest recorded namebearers to settle in America.

Sir Thomas Chambers (1814 - 1891), treasurer, 1872, and G.C., 1861, was recorder of the City of London in 1878. One of the earliest Coats of Arms granted to the family is a silver shield with a black chevron, surmounted of another ermine, between three chambers placed transverse of the escutcheon of the second, fired proper.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Nicholas de Chambres, which was dated 1219, in the "Curia Regis Rolls of Derbyshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272.

Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling." 

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Last revised 10/16/2011

Origin and History of the Surname Webb

In 1832, Ervin Heath, b. 1812, married Mary Webb, b. 1813. They were my generation's GGG grandparents and the parents of Arlendo Heath, born about 1850;

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Arlendo married Elizabeth Jane Chambers, b. 1854. They were the parents of Cora Lee Heath, b. 1872, who married William Samuel Field, b. 1865;

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They were the parents of Nelle Virginia Field, b. 1899, who married Carleton D Jones, b. 1895;

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They were the parents of Fleeta Claire, Paul Wesley, DeRand and Virginia Lee (Ginger) Jones;

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Claire, Paul and Ginger were the parents of my generation.

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The Surname Webb

"This famous surname recorded as Webb, Webbe, Webber and Webster, is Olde English pre-7th Century. It derives from the word "web", meaning to weave.

Originally a male occupational name, the term "webbe" referred specifically to a male weaver and later "webster" to a female weaver; although this distinction was not always made in medieval English.

In the pipe rolls of the county of Suffolk, we find Osbert Webbe so recorded in 1221 and Alice la Webbe, in the rolls of the borough of Colchester, in 1327. The following quotation from the famous medieval book of social history "Piers Plowman" reads: "My wife was a webbe and woollen cloth made".

Later church recordings of the post medieval period include: Mary Webb, the daughter of George Webb, who was christened on March 5th 1550 at the church of St. Mary Woolnoth, in the city of London, and Mary Webbe who was christened on February 17th 1566, at the church of St. Benet Fink, also city of London.

One of the earliest famine emigrants who fled Ireland in the tragic year of 1846 was Richard Webb, aged 20 yrs., who sailed on the "coffin" ship "Cornelia of Liverpool" bound for New York on January 26th 1846. Rather more happily, Captain Webb was the first person to swim the twenty two miles of the English Channel in 1872.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alger se Webba which was dated circa 1100, in the "Olde English Byname Register", during the reign of King William 11, known as "Rufus", 1087 - 1100.

Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling."

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Last revised 10/15/2011

Origin and History of the Surname Field

WIlliam Samuel Field married Cora Lee Heath and they were my generation's great grandparents;
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They were the parents of Nelle Virginia Field, who married Carleton D Jones;
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They were the parents of Fleeta Claire, Paul Wesley, DeRand and Virginia Lee (Ginger) Jones;
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Claire, Paul and Ginger were the parents of my generation.

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The Surname Field

"This ancient name of pre-7th century German origins and Anglo-Saxon origins, is recorded in over seventy spellings. These range from Feild, Feld, and Field, to Delafield, Veld, Van den Velde, Feldmann, and the various ornamental compounds such as Feldblum or Fieldstone. However spelt, the name is topographical for someone who lived or worked on land which had been cleared of forest, but not brought into arable cultivation.

The derivation is from "feld", translating as pasture or open country, almost the opposite of the 20th century meaning.. The earliest recordings are to be found in England and Germany. These include Hugo de la Felde, in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Bedfordshire, England, in the year 1188, and Petrus im dem Velde, of Mengen, Germany, in 1216. Other recordings include Franz van de Velde, the bishop of Herzogbusch, Germany, in 1576, and Margarett Feilde, who married at the church of St. Martin Orgar, London, in 1586.

Amongst the very first settlers to the new colony of Virgina, America, was James Feild. He arrived in the ship "Swan of London", in 1624.. The first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere in the world is believed to be that of Robert de Felde, which was dated 1185, in the list of Knights Templars, in the registers of the county of Gloucestershire, England. This was during the reign of King Henry 11nd, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling."

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Last revised 10/11/2011

Origin and History of the Surname Heath

Arlendo Heath married Elizabeth Jane Chambers and they were my generation's GG grandparents;

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They were parents of Cora Lee Heath, who married WiIliam Samuel Field;

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They were the parents of Nelle Virginia Field, who married Carleton D Jones;

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They were the parents of Fleeta Claire, Paul Wesley DeRand and Virginia Lee (Ginger) Jones;

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Claire, Paul and Ginger were the parents of my generation.

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The Surname Heath

"This famous surname is of Anglo-Saxon and Olde English pre-7th century origins. It is residential, denoting someone who lived at, on, or by, a moor or heath, or it can equally well be a locational surname from any of the numerous places called Heath, in for example, the counties of Derbyshire, Bedfordshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Yorkshire.

In all case the derivation is from the Olde English word "haeth", and the later Middle English "hethe", meaning heath or heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas.

The name development has included: Laurence atte Hethe of Sussex in 1296; Peter del Heth of Yorkshire in 1296; and Alan Othehethe of Staffordshire in 1332. One Isack Heath, his wife Elizabeth, and daughter, also named Elizabeth, were early emigrants to the New England colonies of America. They left the port of London on the ship "Hopewell" in September 1635.

Notable namebearers include: Nicholas Heath (1501 - 1578). He was appointed Archbishop of York in 1555, and Lord Chancellor of England in the following year; whilst Robert Heath (1575 - 1649) was the Solicitor-general in 1621 and knighted in the same year. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de la Heth. This was dated 1248, when he was a witness in the Court Records of the county of Essex, during the reign of King Henry 111rd of England, 1216 - 1272."

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Last updated 10/11/2011

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