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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1427 people with the Semple surname? In that year Semple was ranked number 2226 for popularity in the UK. |
"A contraction of St. Paul. The family are descended from Robert Semple of Ellerston in Renfrewshire, 1250. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
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Historical References
"SEMPLE., An old surname in the West of Scotland usually assumed to be a form of St. Paul, a common place name in France, but the evidence for this origin is not satisfactory. Robert de Sempill witnessed a charter by Malcolm, earl of Levenax, c. 1280 ( (Levenax, p. 83). Thomas diet us Sympil had a charter of lands in the vill and tenement of Langnodryf (Longniddry) between 1315-21 (RMS., i, 69). Robert Sympill witnessed the donation by Walter the High Steward of the church of Largyss to the monks of Paisley, c. 1317 (RMP., p. 327), and c. 1320 he witnessed the gift of Ellenabot in Loch Lomond to Matilda de Arneth (Levenax, p. 83). Alexander Siinpil or Simple had a house in Blantroddoks, c. 1300-20 (Hay, 6), and William Sympil witnessed a charter of ratification by Malcolm, fourth earl of Levenax, 1330 ( (Levenax, p. 19), and a confirmation charter by Robert the Steward, 1358 (Inchaffray, p. 128). Thomas Sympyl, dominus de Egliston, witnessed a Paisley charter in 1357 (RMP., p. 31), and William Simpill de Fowlwod also appears as charter witness in 1452 (ibid., p. 250). Henry Sympile had remission for his part in burning the town of Dunbertane, 1489 (Lennox, n, p. 132), John Simple or Simpline appears as witness in Cupar, 1511 (Laing, 279, 280), spulzie was committed upon John Simple of Fulvoid, 1546 (RFC., i, p. 66), and Ninian Symepile was burgess of Paisley, 1574 (Pottok, i, p. 308). Three individuals of this name, James, Robert, and Francis, were famous song writers in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Sempell 1691, Sempile 1653, Sempill 1705, Simpfl 1409, Simple 1360, Sympille 1549; Sympele, Sympill, Symple. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Semple Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 2642 people with the Semple surname in the UK? Semple is now ranked number 1986 for popularity in the UK. |
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