| ![Show Contents]() Spare History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Spare familyThe surname Spare was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the village and lands of Sparham, held by Osbert from Robert Gernon, a Norman Baron, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Early History of the Spare familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Spare research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1175, 1273, 1354 and 1448 are included under the topic Early Spare History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Spare Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Sparham, Spareham, Sparam, Sparum, Sparem and others. Early Notables of the Spare familyMore information is included under the topic Early Spare Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Spare migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Spare Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Samuel Spare, who landed in New England in 1729 2
Spare Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Spare, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 2
| Spare migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Spare Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. Joseph Spare, English convict who was convicted in Leicester, Leicestershire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 25th January 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 3
| Spare migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Spare Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- James Spare, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1843
- Mr. Henry E. Spare, British settler arriving as Detachment of the Royal New Zealand Fencibles travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Sir George Symour" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 26th November 1847 4
- Mrs. Ann Spare, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Sir George Symour" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 26th November 1847 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Spare (post 1700) | + |
- Samuel E. Spare, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1932-36 5
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- 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)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 4th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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