The name ‘Fleming’ originates from England. It is derived from the ethnic name for someone from Flanders. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particulary in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. The word reflects an Anglo Norman Flemish form of the Olf Flemish word ‘flamenc’, from the stem ‘flam and the Germanic suffic ‘ing’. The surname is also common in South and East Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form ‘Pleiman’. Variant´s: ‘Flemming’, ‘Flemyng’, ‘Fleeming’, ‘Fleeman’, ‘Flamank’, ‘Flament’, ‘Flement’, ‘Le Fleming’, ‘Flanders’, ‘Flinders’. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Fleming’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 13th century were a ‘John le Flemeng’, from the County of Linconshire, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definately determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the fi…
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