Poppleton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The Poppleton surname is a habitational (local) name taken on from any of several place names in West Yorkshire. These place names derive from the Old English words "popel," which is thought to have meant "pebble," and "wella" which meant a "spring," or "stream."

Early Origins of the Poppleton family

The surname Poppleton was first found in Yorkshire at either Upper Poppleton or Nether Poppleton, villages and civil parishes that date back to Saxon times. The first record of the place name was found in c. 972 when it was listed as Popeltune.

By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the place was listed as Popletone. At that time, the villages and lands were given by Osbern De Arches to the Abbot of St Mary's in York. The name is derived from popel (pebble) and tun (hamlet, farm), and means "farmstead on pebbly soil." 1.

One of the first records of the family in early rolls was Nicholas Poppehale, listed in 1296, followed by Robert Popehull who was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Somerset in 1327. In Warwickshire, we found John de Pophull in the Subsidy Rolls of 1332. John de Popelwell was listed at Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1316 and later, Roger de Popelwell was found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 2

Early History of the Poppleton family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Poppleton research. Another 78 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1455, 1487, 1638, 1701, 1708, 1722 and 1764 are included under the topic Early Poppleton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Poppleton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Popplewell, Poplewell, Poplewell, Popplewel, Popple, Popplehale, Pophull, Pophull and many more.

Early Notables of the Poppleton family

Distinguished members of the family include Edmund Popple, Sheriff of Hull in 1638; and his son, William Popple (1638-1708), an English Unitarian merchant and translator of John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration.William Popple (1701-1764), the English dramatist, was the only son of William Popple of St. Margaret's, Westminster, who died in 1722, and was buried at Hampstead...
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Poppleton migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Poppleton Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas H Poppleton, aged 47, who landed in New York in 1812 3
John Poppleton, aged 36, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1851 3

Poppleton Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Helen Poppleton, aged 36, who landed in America from Walsall, England, in 1907
Mary B. Poppleton, who immigrated to the United States, in 1907
Seline Poppleton, aged 23, who settled in America from Leeds, England, in 1910
Charles W. Poppleton, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Leeds, England, in 1910
Clifford Poppleton, aged 24, who landed in America from London, England, in 1915
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Contemporary Notables of the name Poppleton (post 1700) +

Andrew Jackson Poppleton (1830-1896), American politician, the second mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Earley Franklin Poppleton (1834-1899), American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio
Earley Franklin Poppleton (1834-1899), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Ohio State Legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1875-77 4
Andrew Jackson Poppleton (1830-1896), American politician, Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, 1858 4

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html