Sedgbeer Family History

Perhaps from Sedgeborough in Clatworthy (Somerset), though this cannot be certain as no medieval evidence for the place-name has been found, and it is therefore not possible to suggest an etymology for the place-name. Alternatively, the surname may be from Sedgeberrow (Worcs), which is recorded as Secgesbearuwe in a 12th century copy of a document from 964.

The bearer Richard de Segesbarwe 1344 in Patent Rolls (Winchcombe Gloucs) provides medieval evidence for a surname from this place, which could then have become established in Somerset and Devon due to migration.

The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Secg (genitive Secges) + Old English bearu ‘wood, grove’.