About

Inskip Village, Fylde, Lancashire

The purpose of the Inskip One Name Study is to trace the history of the men and women born with that name. What are its earliest origins? How did it migrate? Where did the Inskips live? What did they do? How were they affected by the social, economic and political events around them?We are looking for common themes to build an Inskip profile.

We also want to help link people interested in the surname with each other, and their ancestors. After many years of research we now have a lot of information on Inskip family trees (which is being added to with the Y-DNA Study) and are  happy to help any researcher to unravel their Inskip forebears. Emails to inskip@one-name.org  should include as much detail as possible about their Inskip line. We generally reply to enquiries within a few days.

The spelling of the name can vary a great deal, due to the habit of phonetic spelling and strong regional accents in the areas where it is found. Try saying Inskip with a Black Country accent and you can see why it was spelt Inskeep.

The following are the most common forms in historic records:-
Inskip, (Inskipe, Enskip) – Most often found, Bedfordshire, Australia
Inskipp, Inskippe – Often found around Sussex
Inskeep, (Inskep) – Often found around Staffordshire and the US
Inscip, (Ensicpp) – Often found in London and early records
Inskype – Found in early North of England records

The objective of this blog is to store snippets of information about the Inskip research and link to other sites. More details of the family name and history can be found on the One-Name Study Website.

If you would like to become an Author on this site and share the unfolding of your Inskip research, please contact me by leaving a comment here or on inskip@one-name.org.  Alternatively if you just want to share an Inskip story please send it to me for publication as a blog post.