History

Where did the TRIBE name originate?

Perhaps the most commonly cited origin for the TRIBE name is that it is of Germanic origin, perhaps referring to an artisanal origin. It is possible to plot the distribution over time in the UK of the TRIBE name, which is shown on this set of maps.

This appears to show a principal origin within Sussex, with some numbers in Hampshire and Surrey.

Further investigation of the earliest parish records, excepting London, can be seen in this villages map.

The earliest Birth/Christening records, indicating a resident family where a marriage may indicate an incomer, are contained within a particular area of Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey, comprising the low country of the Western Weald.

Earliest TRIBE records in the IGI

1522	Birth of Thomas TRIBE	Fernhurst SSX
1543	Birth of John TRIBE	Bramshott HAM
1547	Marriage of Margaret TRIBE	Easebourne SSX
1555	Other of Elizabethe TRYBE	Buriton HAM
1559	Other of Johann TRYBE	Rudgwick SSX
1562	Christening of Margaret TRYBE	East Meon HAM
1564	Christening of Stephen TRIEBE	Laughton SSX
1565	Marriage of Thomas TRYBB	Lodsworth SSX
1567	Marriage of John TRYBE	Middleton by Bognor SSX
1570	Marriage of Elyzabeth TRIBE	Ilsington DVN
1535	John TRYBE	Sussex Wills: Rogate

The Western Weald was an area of industry from very early on with Iron Working from Roman times, glass making from at least the 14th century, cloth making, charcoal production etc. This industry brought in artisans from many parts of Europe, such as Huguenot glasssmakers from the lowlands in the 16th century. It is likely that this is how the TRIBE name originated in this part of Britain.


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