Marlowe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

The surname Marlowe is a habitational place-name, which is a type of hereditary surname, and is derived from the name of the place in which the first bearer lived. Marlowe is derived from is Morlaix, in Brittany, a peninsula in the northwest of France. Formerly known as Armorica, a possession of the Roman Empire, this land consists of a plateau with a deeply indented coast and is broken by hills in the west.

Early Origins of the Marlowe family

The surname Marlowe was first found in Buckinghamshire at Marlow, a town and civil parish within Wycombe district. The earliest record of the place was listed as Merelafan in 1015, but was listed a few years later as Merlaue in the Domesday Book 1. Literally, the name means 'land remaining after the draining of a pool' having been derived from the Old English words mere + laf 2 However, another reference claims the ancient name of this place was Merlaw, supposed to be derived from the Saxon word Mere, meaning a marsh, and Law or Low, meaning a hill. Marlow, historically called Great Marlow, first sent representatives to parliament in the 28th of Edward I., and continued so to do till the 2nd of Edward II. Little Marlow is a parish in the borough of Marlow about 1 1/2 miles from Marlow and as the name would imply has historically been much smaller.

Early History of the Marlowe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Marlowe research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1132, 1409, 1564, 1733 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Marlowe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Marlowe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Marlowe, Marloe, Marleau, Marlow and others.

Early Notables of the Marlowe family

Notable of this family during the Middle Ages was

Christopher Marlowe (1564-93) dramatist generally considered as the greatest figure in Elizabethan drama before Shakespeare...

Marlowe Ranking

In the United States, the name Marlowe is the 3,948^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Marlowe family to Ireland

Some of the Marlowe family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 78 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Marlowe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Marlowe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Christopher Marlowe, who arrived in Virginia in 1657 4
Mary Marlowe, who landed in Maryland in 1661 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Marlowe (post 1700) +

Sylvia Marlowe (1908-1981), American harpsichordist, founder of the Harpsichord Music Society, Inc. to promote new works for harpsichord and award scholarship in 1957
Scott Gregory Marlowe (1932-2001), born Ronald DeLeo, an American actor of film, television, and stage
Marion Marlowe (1929-2012), born Marion Townsend, an American singer and actress, best known for her recordings of "The Man in the Raincoat" and "Heartbeat"
June Marlowe (1903-1984), born Gisela Valaria Goetten, an American actress, best known for her role the schoolteacher Miss Crabtree in six Our Gang short subjects
Julia Marlowe (1865-1950), born as Sarah Frances Frost, an English-born American actress known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare
Andrew W. Marlowe, American screenwriter, known for his work on Hollow Man (2000), Castle (2009) and Air Force One (1997)
Hugh Marlowe (1911-1982), American actor, known for his roles in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), All About Eve (1950), Another World (1964) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Stephen Marlowe (1928-2008), American author of science fiction
Francis Frederick Marlowe (b. 1866), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Vermont State House of Representatives from Underhill, 1910 5
Anthony Marlowe, American politician, Candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives from Bay County 1st District, 1940 5
... (Another 9 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html