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SIMPKINS Family History

Recorded as Simkin, Simpkin and the patronymics Simkins and Simpkins, this is an English surname. It derives from Sim, a nickname form of the personal name Simon, itself from a biblical and Hebrew word meaning "listening." To Sim was later added the diminutive "kin" meaning "little". It is a Crusader name, being one of the many that were introduced into the British Isles during the period of history known as the Christian revival. This was from the 11th century when the adoption of names of a biblical origin was linked with the return of knights and pilgrims from the Holy Land...