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2013 Where did the Scottish lammestone family come from? What is
the Scottish lammestone family crest and coat of arms? When did
the lammestone family first arrive in the United States? Where
did the various branches of the family go? What is the
lammestone family history?The ancestors of the first family to
use the name lammestone were thought to have lived among the
Boernician tribe of ancient Scotland. They lived in the parish
of Coldingham, Berwickshire. They derived their name from the
name of their manor, Lumsden. The name means Lumm's Valley in
Old English, from the personal name Lumm. Before the printing
press and the first dictionaries appeared, names and other words
were often spelled differently every time they were written.
lammestone has appeared under the variations Lumsden, Lumsdane,
Lummsdaine, Lammestone and many more. First found in
Berwickshire, where they held a family seat from early times and
their first records appeared on