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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 797 people with the Sibbald surname? In that year Sibbald was ranked number 2785 for popularity in the UK. |
"The family are descended from "Dominua Sybaldus, Miles de Mearnis," temp. William the Lion; his posterity, "Walterus filius Sybaldi," Mathseus Sybald, and others are frequently mentioned as witnesses to the Royal Charters. The motto of the family is "Sae bauld." SIM. Vide, Syme. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
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Historical References
"SIBBALD. From (1) the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name Saebeald, 'sea-bold,' or (2) from Sigebeald, 'victoriously bold.' About 1200 Philip de Maleuille married Eva, daughter of Walter, son of Sibald (RAA., i, p. 64). Between 1203 314 Walter filius Sibaldi witnessed charters granted by Thomas de Lundin and John de Mountfort (ibid., p. 44, 47), and c. 1222 he witnessed a charter by Randulf de Strathphetham to Brechin (REB., n, 3). David Sibald who witnessed c. 1250 two charters by Duncan, earl of Carrick (CMN., 13, 14), witnessed another about the same period by Nicholas, son of Duncan, as David Sibaud (ibid., 15). DiHiatus Sabbaued witnessed a charter by Earl Roger de Quincy, 1246 ( (Nisbet, i, p. 125), and Duncanus Sibbaued perhaps the same person as Donatus Sybaldi filii Walteri had a charter of the mill of Lundin (Sibbald, Fife, 1803, p. 369). Sir Duncan Sybald in 1286 granted one stone of wax and four shillings for light to monks of CuparAngus (Cupar-Angus, i, p. 344). Thomas Sibalde was juror on inquest on lands of Disarde (Dysart) in 1296, and David Sibbald of Augansouthe of the county of Lanark rendered homage in same year (Bain, n, 212, 216). John Seball of Scotland had a safe conduct into England, 1377 (ibid., rv, 254). Thomas Sebalde or Sybald witnessed charters of the lands of Myrecaimie in Fife in J 386 and c. 1390 (Wemyss, n, 19, 27), and as Thomas Sibald was one of those who attested to the marches of Kyrknes and Louchor, 1395 (RPSA., p. 5). The seal of William Sibbald or Sibbett of Cambuskenneth, 1581, is mentioned by Macdonald (2466). Sebald 1440, Sibauld 1446, Sibbal 1619, Sibbauld 1542. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Sibbald Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 865 people with the Sibbald surname in the UK? Sibbald is now ranked number 3228 for popularity in the UK. |
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