Släkthistoria för Sumpster
Sumpster Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English *somester *sumester probably a variant of Middle English *somer *sumur ‘packhorse man’ (see Summer) in which the suffix -ester has been substituted for the -er in somer as with Baxter for Baker and Webster for Webber. With this sense and with the common development of an intrusive /p/ between /m/ and /p/ *somester will have been synonymous with Sumpter and probably confused with it; see (2). Some of the following post-medieval examples beginning in Som- or Sum- may alternatively belong with (2) while some of those beginning in Sim- and Sem- may belong with Simister (2).alternatively Middle English *somester *sumester might denote ‘load bearer porter carrier’; compare Summer (iii).derivation from early Modern English summister ‘schoolman abridger’ as suggested in Bardsley is improbable. However Bardsley notes several medieval examples (undated) of Sum(m)aster Summayster and Somayster while John Somaister degher (‘dyer’) 1332 in Subsidy Rolls (Exeter Devon) may be compared with John le Mayster degher in the same document. Bardsley records Samuel Summaster of Devon 1607 in Oxford University Register and a Michael Summaster is recorded in 1623 in IGI (Truro Cornwall). Perhaps a summayster was a weigh master a man in charge of weighing wool etc. at the market. It is unclear whether this name survived beyond the 17th century. variant of Sumpter with an intrusive -s-.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016