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acknowledge the source of any information used from these pages. Origin / History of the Simpson Name Recorded in the spellings of Symson, Simson and Simpson, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname with two distinct possible origins. The first and most generally accepted being a patronymic form of the medieval male name 'Simme', claimed to be a variant of the Greek 'Simon'. This is probably correct, and as such would have been introduced into Britain by the 12th century Crusaders. However it is also possible that 'Simme' was a short form of the pre 7th century Olde English 'Sigmund'. It is also claimed that Simpson may be of locational origin from two hamlets of the same name in Buckinghamshire and Devonshire. These places appeared as 'Swinestone' in the Domesday Book of 1086, and have as their first element the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name 'Sigewine', plus 'tun' - a settlement. Coat of Arms / Crest IT would appear there are at
least two coats of arms for the Simpson name, English and Scottish. Click on Surname to go to the Family Sheet
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