Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Pamplin
Variants: Pamphlyn, Pamplyn
Category: 2 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way, but currently in some countries only.
Guild hosted website: pamplin.one-name.net
Contact: Mrs Susan Murphy
A number of origins for the name have been found/given. The most common is Locative. Surname DB state 'This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is locational from a now 'lost' place thought to have been in Essex.'
Micheal Ian Coyne's book on The History of The Pamphilion Family of Essex England, believes that in the early thirteenth century merchants of Pamplona (Pamphyloun to the French Speaking in Navarre) were given a licence to trade with England. One or more settled here and the 'of' was lost. His book concentrates on those from Essex, within a hundred years the name became Pamphilon. Does Pamplin link to this? I hope to find out.
Using data from the census the approximate numbers are:
1841 265 people in England and Wales
1851 271 people in England and Wales
1861 279 people in England and Wales
1871 313 people in England and Wales
1881 356 people in England and Wales
1891 455 people in England and Wales
1901 506 people in England and Wales
1911 485 people in England and Wales
Certainly the largest concentration of Pamplin's can be found in Essex by using the census data.
An Essex Pamplin moved to Northumberland and then on to Lancashire and Yorkshire linking these people. A second group again linking back to Essex involves Kent, Middlesex, Sussex and Cornwall. Merionth (in Wales) links to Middlesex.
Those living in Berkshire are linked to Hampshire.
Finally there is a group in Cambridgeshire.
I am aware also of groups of Pamplin's to be found in:
Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa United States of America.
I started this project years ago when pen (pencil at local records offices) and paper was normal. Most of my data is stored in family groups in this form, but I have now joined the twentyfirst century and slowly starting to transfer my data onto the computer, with the aid of my husband.
So far on the computer I have:
GRO Birth index 1837 - 1963 GRO Marriage index 1837 - 1951 GRO Death index 1837 - 1950
My own family tree and my tree starting in Walthamstow, are now on the members website project. My husband is slowly working through my first large Essex tree. At present these tree's are unable to be linked on paper, but circumstances make me believe they are linked. I hope to work with DNA to try to link them.
I have a DNA study but it is in it's infancy at present.