Coat of Arms: A shield divided per fesse embattled, silver and black, three pierced stars counterchanged.
Crest: A right hand holding a royal crown
Spelling variations include: Cheeseman, Cheesman, Cheesemen and others.
First found in Cornwall where they held a family seat from very early times. =========
The Swallow Family
There is quiet a story in connection iwth the Swallow family tree, but it seems as though there must be at least a little foundation in fact, for every branch of the Swallow famiy tells the same story.
it seems that many years ago in Englan, the family name was Cheesemann. One of the young men was quiet a bit unruly, and as the law at that time, each young man had to serve some time with the military. This young Cheesemann was with the british navy, so the story goes, and through some difficulty on board ship was to go through court martial proceedings when the ship arrived in Nova Scotia. However, when the boat did arrive, he skipped shi and could not be found, so they sailed without him. He knew he could not use the Cheesemann name in his country wihtout beng discovered -- and noticed birds flying overhead - swallows - so decided that his name would be Swallow.
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More About Surname History Cheeseman: Researched: 17 January 2004, http://search.swyrich.com/searchresults.asp?Licensee=8605&Surname=cheeseman&sId=&t=3011.984
Surname History Cheeseman (d. date unknown)
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