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Reskymer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reskymer.' Seemingly an old Cornish font-name. The instances are before the period when surnames were (saving in exceptional cases) turned into Christian names. Nevertheless Lower, quoting Gilbert's History of Cornwall, says, 'The family (Reskymer) became extinct in the 17th century.

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reskymer.' Seemingly an old Cornish font-name. The instances are before the period when surnames were (saving in exceptional cases) turned into Christian names. Nevertheless Lower, quoting Gilbert's History of Cornwall, says, 'The family (Reskymer) became extinct in the 17th century. They had resided for fourteen generations on their estate of Reskymer, in the parish of St. Mawgan, near Helston.' Doubtless therefore the name is local. The surname still exists in the form of Reskimer, as I have personally met with a gentleman of that name.

Reskimer, son of Henrie Sprey, 1605: Reg. St. Columb Major.

Reskimer, son of John Pearse, 1606: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The family became extinct in the XVII. century. They had resided for fourteen generations on their estate of Reskymer, in the parish of St. Mawgan, near Helston. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From rose-kei-veor, the great dog valley; according to others, the great dog's race.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

RESKIMER, RESKYMER, ROSKYMER: From rose-kei-veor, the great dog valley; according to others, the great dog's race.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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