<P> Ketchum is a surname that originated in England . Not all people in America who descended from the Ketchu ( a ) m come from the same man . An example of English descent is Edward Ketcham ( Chetham as it was spelled in England on the records of his first marriage to Mary Hall and the birth of his first children ) . There are no known records of his parents , nor any siblings . Edward is not found on any passenger list , but he came to America during the Great Puritan Migration . He can be found with his family in Ipswich , Mass , in the 1630s . It is assumed Edward was born in about 1590 , though no record of his birth has been located . As far as we currently know , there is NOT A CONNECTION between this Edward ( Chetham ) Ketcham / Ketchum who came to America and the Chetham family of Crumpsall , Lancashire , England from which Sir Humphrey Chetham ( born 1580 ) is from , for whom the Chetham Library in Manchester England is named . </P>
<P> Ketchum is a surname that originated in England . Not all people in America who descended from the Ketchu ( a ) m come from the same man . An example of English descent is Edward Ketcham ( Chetham as it was spelled in England on the records of his first marriage to Mary Hall and the birth of his first children ) . There are no known records of his parents , nor any siblings . Edward is not found on any passenger list , but he came to America during the Great Puritan Migration . He can be found with his family in Ipswich , Mass , in the 1630s . It is assumed Edward was born in about 1590 , though no record of his birth has been located . As far as we currently know , there is NOT A CONNECTION between this Edward ( Chetham ) Ketcham / Ketchum who came to America and the Chetham family of Crumpsall , Lancashire , England from which Sir Humphrey Chetham ( born 1580 ) is from , for whom the Chetham Library in Manchester England is named . </P>
where does the last name ketchum come from
where does the last name ketchum come from
England
England