The surname Casbon was first found in Kent at Casebourne Wood in Hythe where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The family name was first referenced in the 13th century when John de Caseburn held estates in that shire in 1275.
The Casbolt or Casebolt variant was first recorded in Cambridgeshire where Stephen Casebolt was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327. 1
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Early History of the Casbon family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Casbon research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Casbon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Casbon Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Casbon family name include Casborn, Casbourne, Casborne, Casbun, Caseborn, Caseborne, Casbourne, Casebourne, Cashborn, Cashburn, Casburn, Cassburn, Cassborn and many more.
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Early Notables of the Casbon family
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Migration of the Casbon family
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Casbon surname or a spelling variation of the name include: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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