Bigby Surname History

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England

Early Origins of the Bigby family

The surname Bigby was first found in Suffolk and Nottingham where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

One source notes that the family could have been from Bigby, a parish, in the union of Caistor, S. division of the wapentake of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, in Lincolnshire. 1

To the south in Devon, we found this interesting entry for the family: Bigbury [in the parish of Modbury] was held by lords of that name as early as the reign of John ; and after nine descents was brought by a coheiress to one of the Champernownes of Beer Ferrers, from whom it descended through the Willoughbys to the Paulets. There is a fifteenth-century Bigbury brass in the church." 2

Early History of the Bigby family

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Bigby Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bigsby, Bixby, Bigby, Bigbury, Bigsbury and many more.

Early Notables of the Bigby family

Notables of this surname at this time include: John Jeremiah Bigsby (1792-1881), English geologist and physician, eponym of the Bigsby Medal; and Sir Thomas Bigsby. Angel Bix (d. 1695), was a Franciscan friar, who "after filling the office...
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Bigby Ranking

In the United States, the name Bigby is the 17,447^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Bigby migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bigby Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Thomas Bigby, who settled in Tobago in the West Indies in 1775

Bigby Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C. Bigby arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851

Contemporary Notables of the name Bigby (post 1700) +

John Summerfield Bigby (1832-1898), American Republican politician, Delegate to Georgia State Constitutional Convention, 1867-68; Superior Court Judge in Georgia, 1868-71; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1871-73 4

Citations +

Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
Worth, R.N., A History of Devonshire London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G., 1895. Digital
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html