The name Rubottom has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name is derived from when the family lived in a valley in various counties throughout England. Rubottom is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties.
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Early Origins of the Rubottom family
The surname Rubottom was first found in Lancashire from very ancient times and were Lords of the Manor of Rowbottom near Ashton-under-Lyne in that shire. Some say they held a family seat there prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D.
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Early History of the Rubottom family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rubottom research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1520, 1560 and 1710 are included under the topic Early Rubottom History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Rubottom Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Robottom, Roebottom, Rowbottom, Rowebottom, Robotham, Roebotham, Rowbotham, Rowebotham, Rowbarton, Roebarton, Rowebarton, Rowbothan, Roebothan, Rowbottam, Rowebottam and many more.
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Early Notables of the Rubottom family
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Migration of the Rubottom family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Robotham who settled in Jamaica in 1762; William Robotham arrived in New York in 1679; Anne Robotham arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683; William Henry Robothan arrived in Pennsylvania in 1881.
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