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The name is spelled in many ways and believed to derive from Scottish Scrimgeour. John Skrymsher of England claimed to have descended from Scottish Scrimgeour family, Standard bearers.
Possible spellings Scrimger Scrimgeour Schrimsher Skrimsher Scrimpsher
Does not seem to link with spellings of Scrimpshire. First known in U.S. by John Scrimsher b. abt 1720 m. to Ann Lyon b. ca. 1745
Spellings of this family always have the phonetic sound of Scrimgeour, written in various ways.