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Name Origins - Smee
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A Different Genealogical research Company gave this Information :- Early records of the the name mention Edward de Smye who was listed in
the Yorkshire Poll tax returns of 1379. Thomas Smye was baptised at St
James, Clerkenwell, London in 1573. 1574 saw John Smy of Berkshire
registered at Oxford University. The ‘Book of Surnames’ by Weekley has the following entry: SMEED,SMEETH,SMEDES,
Returning to our relationship to Donald, From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) small European merganser ({Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; --
called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun. Which is correct, if you ignore the Female Colouring, but what would you expect from a Dictionary that can't spell Colour? Small ,white duck-like bird. Black face and a V-shaped black patch beneath the crest. Its back wings and buttocks are dark grey to black. The breast is white and has two lines on the side that extend forward from the back. Has a thick pointed bill with a jagged edge. Females have a brownish head and a white cheek and chin patch. The breast
is light grey and the rest of the body is dark grey.
Being employed by an International Corporation, I am quite used to Dutch and Belgian colleagues telephoning me and being surprised that I don't speak Dutch, the Smee name and variations are extremely common in the lowlands of Europe and may indicate a Huguenot connection. Personally I think the Smee name in England is Anglo-Saxon and the family originated in the Village of Smeeth in Kent, the Village Church can be seen at left. At some point the Family moved to Essex. The Smees seem to have spread from Potters in Staffordshire and a family based around Portsmouth who came from Worcester. Pete Smee or the Star formerly known as Camelopardalis RA 11h39m19.90s Dec 85° 28' |