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Origins Available: English, Irish Where did the English Lacefield family come from? What is the English Lacefield family crest and coat of arms? When did the Lacefield family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Lacefield family history? The surname Lacefield comes from the place name Lassy, in Normandy.It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Lacefield are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Lacefield include Lacey, Lacy, Lassey, Lassy, de Lacey, de Lacy and others. First found in Yorkshire, where Ibert de Lacy was granted the castle and town of Pontefract by William the Conqueror. There were at least two listings of the name in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379: Robertus Lascey; and Isabella Lassy. [1] This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lacefield research. Another 285 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1172, 1185, 1215, and 1298 are included under the topic Early Lacefield History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 129 words(9 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lacefield Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Lacefield, or a variant listed above: Lawrence Lacey, who settled in New England between 1620 and 1650; Jane Lacy, who sailed to Barbados in 1660; Elianor Lacy, who arrived in New England in 1663.
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The Lacefield Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Lacefield Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 13:44. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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