The name Eversoll originated with the Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled Britain. It is derived from the personal names Evot or Everard. The surname Eversoll features the common suffix -son, which superseded all other patronymic suffixes as the dominant form during the 14th century and was most common in the north of England.
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Early Origins of the Eversoll family
The surname Eversoll was first found in Yorkshire where the first record of the family was William Evoteson who was listed there in 1325. 1
John of Eversden or Everisden (fl. 1300), was an early English chronicler, "presumably a native of one of the two villages of the name near Caxton, Cambridgeshire. He entered the Benedictine order, having been tonsured in 1255, and became a member of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. He was cellarer there in 1300, when he made a 'valida expeditio' into Northamptonshire to carry out a claim of his monastery on the manor of Werketon." 2
Today Great Eversden and Little Eversden are parishes in the union of Caxton and Arrington, hundred of Longstow, Cambridgeshire. 3
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Early History of the Eversoll family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eversoll research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Eversoll History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Eversoll Spelling Variations
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Eversoll has appeared include Everson, Eversen and others.
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Early Notables of the Eversoll family
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Migration of the Eversoll family
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Eversoll arrived in North America very early: Captain Everson who settled in Boston in 1763; Matthew Everson settled in Virginia in 1653; Barnt Eversen settled in New York in 1658; Martin Eversen settled in Georgia in 1734..
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