Cutchember Family History & Genealogy

Summary

"Cutchember" is a medieval English surname. It comes from the Old English words "cucc" and "hamor". They describe a place - a "crooked meadow" - from which the ancestors of the Cutchember family came.

History

The following were people in the family who were documented early on:

In the 13th century, Richard Cutchember was in the Huntingdonshire Hundred Rolls of 1273. The 1379 Poll Tax Records for Yorkshire listed John Cutchember as a taxpayer.

Sir William Cutchember (1415-1487) was a knight from Lincolnshire who fought in the Wars of the Roses on the Yorkist side. Richard Cutchember (1529-1605) was a successful wool merchant and alderman of his town.

Name Origin

This surname has been derived from the Old English words "cucc" and "hamor". Together, they describe a place - a "crooked meadow" - from which the family name was derived. OR the family could be named after another location in England: a place named Cutcombe in Somerset, England.

Spellings & Pronunciations

Some alternate spellings of this surname may be Cutcher, Schember, and Chichester.

Nationality & Ethnicity

According to the 2010 United States census, Cutchember is the 136,449th most common last name in the United States, 97.56% of whom are Black.

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Early Cutchembers

These are the earliest records we have of the Cutchember family.