The name ‘Burch’ originates from England. It is a variant of the name ‘Burchfield’ a habitation name from some minor place named with the Old English word ‘birce’ meaning Birch, as in Birch tree, and ‘field’ meaning pasture, open country. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Burch’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 13th century were a ‘John de la Burchge’, from Southanpton, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘John Burch’, aged 30, a cooper by trade, from Somerset, England. He immigrated to North America in 1775, sailing from the Port of London aboard the ship named the ‘Neptune’ on the 27th of March 1775, arriving in Maryland on the 3rd of April of the same. Today, ‘Burch’ is the ‘Eight hundred and eighth ‘ most common surname in Nor…
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