tony swiecicki
28 Oct 2017
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
Does anyone know the meanings of my surname? Swiecicki or Święcicki with the diacritics. I have been able to trace my family back to around 1700 in Busk near Lwow.
The earliest use of the name Swiecicki seems to have been in the 15th Century in Mazovia. My Y-DNA testing indicates I am of N1C1 (Finno-Ugric or Baltic Prussian ancestry I believe that as Mazovian lands border on, and were originally inhabited by the old Prussian west Galindian and Yotvingian tribes, it is likely that my ancestors were assimilated into the early Polish state in chaos of the northern Crusades around 1280.
I have read that Swiecicki the family of Swiecicki belonged to Herb Jastrzebiec-Bolesta) one of thirty Polish noble clans of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries. The name may be derived from the estate Swiecice (Sviencitse) in Orszymowo Parish, Plock County, Mazovia District.
The Święcicki family are also a named family within the Krzywda Clan of Poland and as this has a broken (Prussian-style) cross I think this may be the correct clan for my branch of the family.
Is it common for one family to belong to two "Herbs"? Is there any way of telling which one was used by which Swiecicki? Finally how did Old Prussian/Jatwingian nobles and their retinue become Polish? Any ideas gratefully received!
Does anyone know the meanings of my surname? Swiecicki or Święcicki with the diacritics. I have been able to trace my family back to around 1700 in Busk near Lwow.
The earliest use of the name Swiecicki seems to have been in the 15th Century in Mazovia. My Y-DNA testing indicates I am of N1C1 (Finno-Ugric or Baltic Prussian ancestry I believe that as Mazovian lands border on, and were originally inhabited by the old Prussian west Galindian and Yotvingian tribes, it is likely that my ancestors were assimilated into the early Polish state in chaos of the northern Crusades around 1280.
I have read that Swiecicki the family of Swiecicki belonged to Herb Jastrzebiec-Bolesta) one of thirty Polish noble clans of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries. The name may be derived from the estate Swiecice (Sviencitse) in Orszymowo Parish, Plock County, Mazovia District.
The Święcicki family are also a named family within the Krzywda Clan of Poland and as this has a broken (Prussian-style) cross I think this may be the correct clan for my branch of the family.
Is it common for one family to belong to two "Herbs"? Is there any way of telling which one was used by which Swiecicki? Finally how did Old Prussian/Jatwingian nobles and their retinue become Polish? Any ideas gratefully received!