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About the Scaman One-Name Study
Welcome to everyone interested in the surname SCAMAN OR SCAMANS
I'm Geoff SCAMANS, living in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England. I've been piecing together the SCAMAN(S) family tree for the past few years, following on from an initial letter and family tree sent by Hugh SCAMAN, and considerable initial spadework by my cousin Martin SCAMANS. I have expanded the Hugh SCAMAN family tree and have started several other, so far disconnected, SCAMAN trees. I have also developed the SCAMANS tree.
The tree in the Hugh SCAMAN letter, descends from John SCAMAN, born in Burgh-on-Bain in Lincolnshire in 1771. The extended tree now contains 148 SCAMAN.
Another second SCAMAN tree descends from Thomas SCAMAND who was married in Thornton by Horncastle in 1721. His grandson Francis SCAMAN married into the DYMOKE family that descends from the King's champions. This tree contains 16 SCAMAN, 1 SCAMAND and 5 SCAMON and descendants are still living in Lincolnshire
There is also a North American branch of the SCAMAN family that descends from Benjamin SCAMAN born in Swaby, Lincolnshire in 1774 and his wife Rebecca BIRD who was the grandaughter of John BIRD. I have recently found out that Benjmin SCAMAN was the sixth of eight children of John SEAMAN, christened in Swaby in 1757, and his wife Mary. The name is frequently transcribed as SEAMAN particularly in census records
The descendents of Benjamin SCAMAN have been researched by Cathy PAULSON and Stacy NEESE and further information is available from The Scaman Branch link below
The SCAMANS may descend from John SCAMAN who was probably born in Brothertoft, Lincolnshire in the late seventeenth century. They certainly descend from James SCAMAN born in 1756 in Leverton or Benington. James SCAMAN was probably a grandson of John SCAMAN but this needs to be fully confirmed. John SCAMAN the fourth child of James SCAMAN had a large family of 13 children. Most of these started naming themselves and their children as SCAMANS rather than SCAMAN. The tree now contains 61 SCAMAN, 3 SCAMANDS, 116 SCAMANS, 1 SCAMON, 3 SCAMONDS and 1 SKAYMAN
There is also a branch of the family based on Charles SCAMAN born in Kirkby on Bain in about 1817. Some of his descendants emigrated to Canada and this may have resulted in a second North American SCAMAN tree.
I have also started a SCAMONS tree that now contains 46 SCAMONS.
I have found a large number of SCAMAN, SCAMANS and other of the many spelling variations that I have so far been unable to fit on any of the trees I am working on. There are records of SCAMAN in Lincolnshire going back to the Viking invasion in the 12th century.
More information is available from my one-name study scaman and scamans website
Variants
There is also a SCAMMON or SCAMMAN variant of the name that is prevalent in North America. This line descends from Richard SCAMMON of Nettleton, Lincolnshire, England who was born on 19 Aug 1577 who married Prudence Waldron, who was born in 1578. Richard SCAMMON emigrated to the US and settled in Maine. George Frank SCAMMON published a genealogy of the SCAMMON/SCAMMAN family in 1979.
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Contact details
For further information, contact:
Dr Geoff Scamans
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