Ketchum (surname)


Ketchum is a surname that originated in England. Not all people in America who descended from the Ketchum come from the same man. An example of English descent is Edward Ketcham. 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 Ketcham/Ketchum who came to America and the Chetham family of Crumpsall, Lancashire, England from which Sir Humphrey Chetham is from, for whom the Chetham Library in Manchester England is named.
Notable people with the surname include:
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