"Of all the Anglo-Saxon names to come from Britain, Alcorn is one of the most ancient. The name is a result of the original family having lived in the village of Alchorne in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex. Spelling variations include: Alcorn, Alcorne, Aldcorn, Aldcorne, Allcorn, Allcorne, Alchorn, Alchcorne, Auldcorn, Auldcorne, Elcorn, Elcorne, Elchorne, Euldcorn, Euldchorne, Haldcorn, Halcorn, and many more.
First found in the county of Sussex, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: James Alcorn, who settled in New York State in 1804; Matthew Alchorn settled in Philadelphia in 1868."
- www.houseofnames.com Swyrich Corporation
To point out why I loved this... Rotherfield is in East Sussex, the next county over. We live in Crawley, West Sussex... 34 miles away. Well I never!!!!!
3 comments:
That's really interesting Anna. Are you going to have a look around and see if there are any old records!!
yeah, you should totally look into it! See how many criminals we have in our ancestory!
Nana was interested in this Leisie.
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