Popplewell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The Popplewell 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 Popplewell family

The surname Popplewell 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 Popplewell family

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Popplewell Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Popplewell 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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Popplewell migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Popplewell Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Timothy Popplewell, a bonded passenger, who arrived in America in 1738
Richard Popplewell, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
Mary Popplewell, a bonded passenger, sent to America in 1762
John Popplewell, a bonded passenger, sent to America in 1774

Popplewell Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James and Elizabeth Popplewell, who settled in New York, NY in 1842, aboard the schooner "Lady Mary"

Popplewell migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Popplewell Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

George Popplewell, who was on record in Nova Scotia in 1749
George Popplewell, who landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1749-1752

Contemporary Notables of the name Popplewell (post 1700) +

Richard Popplewell LVO (b. 1935), English organist and composer
Nigel Francis Mark Popplewell (b. 1957), former English first-class cricketer
Freddie Popplewell, English film actor, known for his role as Michael Darling in the film Peter Pan (2003)
Laura Francesca "Lulu" Popplewell (b. 1991), English actress and singer-songwriter, sister to Anna Popplewell
Jack Popplewell (1911-1996), English writer and playwright
Paul Popplewell (b. 1977), English film and television actor
Nick Popplewell (b. 1964), Irish former rugby union player who won 48 caps for Ireland
Martin Popplewell, British journalist and newsreader for Sky News
Fred Popplewell, Australian golfer and winner of the Australian Open
The Honourable Sir Oliver Popplewell (b. 1927), British judge; he chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire
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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)