| ![Show Contents]() Popwell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The Popwell 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 Popwell familyThe surname Popwell 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 Popwell familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Popwell 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 Popwell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Popwell Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Popplewell, Poplewell, Poplewell, Popplewel, Popple, Popplehale, Pophull, Pophull and many more. Early Notables of the Popwell familyDistinguished 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...
Another 56 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Popwell Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Popwell familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Timothy Popplewell, a bonded passenger, who arrived in 1738; George Popplewell, who was on record in Nova Scotia in 1749; Mary Popplewell, a bonded passenger, sent to America in 1762.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Popwell (post 1700) | + |
- Johnny Popwell (b. 1937), American actor, known for his roles in Deliverance (1972) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
- Albert Popwell (1926-1999), American actor, probably best known as his role in Dirty Harry when Clint Eastwood's character asks the legendary "Do you feel lucky?"
- Robert Lee "Pops" Popwell (1946-2017), American jazz-funk bass guitarist, known for his work with The Young Rascals, The Crusaders and toured with Bette Midler and Olivia Newton-John and many others
- Julius Oral "Little Man" Popwell (1912-1966), American poker player, inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1996
- 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)
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