Fullwood History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The Fullwood surname is a habitational name derived either of the places named Fulwood in Nottinghamshire and Lancashire. These place names come in turn from the Old English words "ful," meaning "dirty," or "muddy," and "wudu," meaning "a wood."

Early Origins of the Fullwood family

The surname Fullwood was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor in the West Riding. 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 1326 when Adam de Foulewode held estates.

Early History of the Fullwood family

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Fullwood 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 Fullwood family name include Fulwood, Fullwood, Foulwood, Fullward, Fulward and others.

Early Notables of the Fullwood family

Distinguished members of the family include

Francis Fullwood (died 1693), born at Exeter, he was the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1660 until his death

Fullwood Ranking

In the United States, the name Fullwood is the 11,070^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Fullwood migration to the United States +

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 Fullwood surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Fullwood Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Fullwood, who settled in New York in 1637

Fullwood Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Thomas Fullwood, who died en route to America in 1725

Fullwood migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2

Fullwood Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

George Fullwood, who settled in Barbados in 1635
George Fullwood, aged 19, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 3
Mr. George Fullwood, (b. 1616), aged 19, British settler travelling aboard the ship "Expedition" arriving in Barbados in 1636 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Fullwood (post 1700) +

Reggie Fullwood (b. 1975), American politician, Member of the Florida House of Representatives (2012-)
Brent Lanard Fullwood (b. 1963), American former NFL professional football player
Charles E. Fullwood, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, 1934-50 5
James Fullwood (1911-1981), English professional footballer from Ilkeston, England, active 1934 to 1939
Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930), English-born, Australian official war artist to the 5th Division in the First World War
Walter Fullwood (1907-1988), English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1946
George Fully Fullwood, Jamaican musician, one of the most popular and well-known bass players in the world who has worked and recorded with every major artist out of Jamaica
John Fullwood (b. 1883), British artist

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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)
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's retrieved 29th September 2021. Retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html