Any SINNOTT SYNOT SYNAD SYNAGH in Somerset

[sue alderton]

I have spent hours and hours going through every entry for the online Doomesday Somerset entries for any mention of a "Sinnott" (I have used every variation of the name) that was granted lands in Somerset as "reward" for his services under William the Conqueror in his "Invasion of England" in 1066.

Family history has the Sinnot family as coming to England from France in 1066 and being granted lands in Somerset and Lincolnshire but I cannot find any entry to substantiate this claim. If anyone has any knowledge of a Synad, Synache, Synath, Synet, Sinnett, Sinnott, Synot, Synnot or any concoction of the name receiving or paying knight's fees for a parcel of land in Somerset could they please let me know I would much appreciate this lead.

The OE spelling of the name appears in the Doomesday but not for Lincolnshire or Somerset and like all teutonic families there appears to have been a migration in ancient times of people bearing the name "Sigenod or Sionoid" but as I said they were here pre 1066 and are not related to my family line.

Please any help would be great,

Sue

[Archie B]

Hi Sue,
I am married to a Sinnott.  I am trying to trace the family history but have found it very hard.  My wife's family are from Oxford, and come with a link to Enniscorthy Ireland.  I have traced them back to 1867 to her grandfather and know his parents names, but can't find their birth or marriage certificates.  If I can be of any help in this let me know.  Also if you may have had any information about them in Ireland I would love to have a copy of it.  I have the birth certificates of a family of Sinnotts from Rathanagan who I think may be cousins.  If this is part of the Sinnotts you are looking for let me know.

Greg