Dobell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Dobell family

The surname Dobell was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1273 when Hamo and William Dobel held estates in that county.

Early History of the Dobell family

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Dobell Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Double, Doble, Doubel, Dobell, Doubble, Doubble and many more.

Early Notables of the Dobell family

Distinguished members of the family include

Dobell of Norfolk

Dobell migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dobell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Henry Dobell, aged 20, British settler who arrived in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Abraham" 1

Dobell Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Dobell, who landed in Georgia in 1741 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Dobell (post 1700) +

Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet, best known for the melodramatic, extravagantly emotional poem Balder (1853). In 1855, he published jointly with Alexander Smith (1830–67) some sonnets on the Crimean War
Sydney Thompson Dobell (1824-1874), English poet
Bertram Dobell (1841-1914), English bookseller
Sir William Dobell (1899-1970), Australian portrait-painter

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)