Runciman: ELN (SCT)

FatherRunciman: SCT
NameAnalysis(Earliest)1627;Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland;is the earliest recorded Runciman, or variant surname, in the East Lothian (ELN) Old Parish Registers (OPR) Birth indexes (as Runsiman). Of the 293 births indexed, 103 are shown as female, 134 male and 56 not recorded.
Over the 1627 to 1854 timespan, the biggest gap with no Runciman births is 16 years, between 1643 and 1659, and the next a 9 year gap between 1661 and 1670. The rest of the time, there are Runciman births recorded every 1,2 or 3 years.
In decreasing order of numbers of births/baptisms, over the 20 parishes represented:
Haddington 59
Dunbar 47
Dirleton 43
Innerwick 27
North Berwick 25
Prestonkirk 15
Stenton 12
with the remaining 68 scattered over the other parishes at under 10.
The 5 parishes with no Run*man* births recorded are: Aberlady, Humbie, Morham, Saltoun, Tyninghame (probably included in Whitekirk & Tyninghame);
As for name variations, there are more than there were parishes in East Lothian represented!
The majority are indeed recorded as Runciman (176), followed by Runsiman (41), then 10 each for Runsciman and Runchiman, the rest at under 10.
The index totals however over-represent the total numbers of births.
To date duplications are found for Runciman: 2 in Bolton1 
SurnameVariant1627;Runsiman;both the earliest, and one of the more common variants, 41 occurrences over 11 of the 20 parishes (none in Haddington)1 
SurnameVariant1629;Runceman;with 4 of the 7 occurrences being accounted for within one family, that of Thomas Runceman and Catharein Dudgeon (1629 to 1635, Haddington), and the remaining 3 being separate parents: 1637, then 1752 (both Haddington) and 1763 (Dunbar)2,3,4,5 
SurnameVariant1634;Runseman;4 instances over 3 parishes, earliest being Tranent (1634), next Haddington (1698), then two in Dirleton (1713, 1717)6,7,8 
SurnameVariant1678;Runshiman;only 1 instance in Dirleton (5 others elsewhere in East Lothian but all for different families, 1678-1733)9 
SurnameVariant1728;Runchiman;10 occurrences in all, over 6, possibly 7 families, in the parishes of Ormiston (1), Prestonkirk (3), Haddington (2), Prestonpans (2) and Tranent (2) between 1728 and 179510 
SurnameVariant1760;Runcayman;only one instance of this form of the surname found to date - in Haddington (ELN)11 
SurnameVariant1814;Runciaman;Only 3 instances, all Dirleton in the same time period, same extended family, more normally recorded as Runciman (I'd blame a new clerk in the parish)12 
Cens18511851;East Lothian(1851), SCT;East Lothian accounted for the majority (98) of 323 RUNCIMAN individuals recorded on ancestry in the 1851 census in all of the UK (253 of the 323 were in Scotland)
FamilySearch netted 103 out of 273.13 
Last Edited11 Oct 2013

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  1. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1627 Alexander s/o William RUNSIMAN & Agnes WEILANDIS, Whittinghame, 724/ 0010 0003, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  2. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1629 William s/o Thomas RUNCEMAN & Catharein DUDGEON, Haddington, 709/ 0010 0125, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  3. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1637 Helein d/o Thomas RUNCEMAN & Margarat PRESTONE, Haddington, 709/ 0010 0190, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  4. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1752 Barbra d/o Elspeth RUNCEMAN, Haddington, 709/ 0040 0027, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  5. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1763 Janet d/o William RUNCEMAN & Janet ALLAN, Dunbar, 706/ 0020 0228, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  6. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1634 Helene d/o William RUNSEMAN (no mother in index) Tranent, 722/ 0010 0086, extracted from index Feb 2010.
  7. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1698 Richard s/o James RUNSEMAN & Christian STEWART, Haddington, 709/ 0030 0083, extracted from index Feb 2010.
  8. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1713 John s/o RUNSEMAN & Janet SINCLAIR, Dirleton, 705/ 0020 0037, extracted from index Feb 2010.
  9. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1678 John s/o William RUNSHIMAN, Dirleton, 705/ 0010 0150, extracted from index Feb 2010.
  10. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1728 Kathrin d/o Robert RUNCHIMAN & Kathrin BAGBY, Ormiston, 715/ 0010 0115, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  11. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1760 Agnis d/o John RUNCAYMAN & Jean WATT, Haddington, 709/ 0040 0110, extracted from index, Feb 2010.
  12. [S100] Scotlands People Index, "OPR East Lothian Scotlands People Births 1538-1854", Birth 1814 John s/o James RUNCIAMAN & Margaret EDDINGTON, Dirleton, 705/ 0030 0140, extracted from index Feb 2010.
  13. [S609] FindMyPast UK Census, online http://findmypast.co.uk, RUNCIMAN & variants (ENG, WLS, SCT), extracted Oct 2011.
 
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