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![Show Contents]() Niger Surname History
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 England
Early Origins of the Niger familyThe surname Niger was first found in Cheshire where the family is descended from the tenant of the lands of the Baron William FitzNigel who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. 1 He was preceded by Nigel of Cotentin (c.1070-1080,) who was the hereditary Constable of Chester. Another early mention is of Nigel (d. 1169,) who was an Anglo-Norman Bishop of Ely, and Lord High Treasurer for both Henry I and Henry II of England. His son Richard FitzNigel, (d. 1198) was Bishop of London (1189-1198) and Treasurer of England (c.1158-1198). 2 "Tradition says, that the site of the manor of Borstall, in Buckinghamshire, was given by King Edward the Confessor to one Nigel, for his services in slaying a wild boar which infested the forest of Bernwood, to be held by cornage, or the service of a horn; and that the mansion built by him on this land was called Boar-stall, in memory of the slain boar. It appears from an inquisition taken in 1265, that Sir John Fitz Nigel or Fitz Neale then held a hide of arable land, called the Dere-hide, at Borstall, and a wood, called Hull-Wood, by grand serjeantry, as Keeper of the Forest of Bernwood; that their ancestors had possessed these lands, and this office, before the Conquest, and held them by the service of a horn, as the charter of the said forest: that they had been unjustly withheld by the family of Lizures, of whom William Fitz Nigel, father of Sir John, had been obliged to purchase them. It is certain that Borstall passed by marriage from the Fitz Neales to the family of Handlo." 3 Early History of the Niger familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Niger research. Another 108 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1189, 1424, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Niger History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Niger Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Nigell, Nigel, FitzNigel, FitzNigell and others. Early Notables of the Niger familyMore information is included under the topic Early Niger Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Niger migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Niger Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Peter Niger, who arrived in Arkansas in 1906 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Niger (post 1700) | + |
- Anthony Niger, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1942 5
- Niger Innis (b. 1968), American National Spokesperson for the Congress of Racial Equality
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 3 of 3
- 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, December 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Niger migration to the United States 
