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Origins Available:
England

Stockwell is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Stockwell family once lived in the chapelry of Stockwell in Surrey. [1] [2] [3]

The surname Stockwell is derived from the Old English words stocc and wiella and the place name dates back to 1197 when it was known as Stokewell and literally meant "spring or stream by a tree stump." [4]

Early Origins of the Stockwell family

The surname Stockwell was first found in Surrey at Stockwell, a suburban district, and a chapelry, in the parish and union of Lambeth, E. division of the hundred of Brixton. [5]

And it is here that John de Stokewell was listed in the Feet of Fines for 1195-1196. Later, John de Stokwel was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Yorkshire in 1297. [6]

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed: Egidius de Stokwelle, Oxfordshire; and Alicia de Stokwell, Oxfordshire. Later, Elias de Stokwell was found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. [7]

Early History of the Stockwell family

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Stockwell Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Stockwell family name include Stockwell, Stokewell, Stokwell and others.

Early Notables of the Stockwell family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

Stockwell of Surrey

Stockwell Ranking

In the United States, the name Stockwell is the 5,936^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. [8]

Stockwell migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Stockwell surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Stockwell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Gabriell Stockwell, aged 16, who arrived in Bermuda, (Somers Islands) in 1635 aboard the ship "Truelove" [9]
Marg and Rose Stockwell, who settled in Virginia in 1650 and 1653 respectively
Rose Stockwell, who landed in Virginia in 1650 [9]
Marg Stockwell, who landed in Virginia in 1653 [9]
Tho Stockwell, who arrived in Virginia in 1654 [9]
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Stockwell Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Elinor Stockwell, who landed in Virginia in 1703 [9]
William Stockwell, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1774
William Stockwell, who settled in Maryland in 1774

Stockwell Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

L. Stockwell, who settled in New York State in 1820
E R Stockwell, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 [9]

Stockwell migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stockwell Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Cpl. John Stockwell Sr., U.E.(, Johns) who settled in Colchester [Essex], Ontario c. 1784 [10]

Stockwell migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Stockwell Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Richard Stockwell, British Convict who was convicted in Gloucestershire, England for life, transported aboard the "Earl Spencer" in May 1813, arriving in New South Wales, Australia [11]
Mr. John James Stockwell, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 27th August 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) [12]

Stockwell 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:

Stockwell Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Henry Stockwell, aged 23, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Westminster" in 1843

Stockwell migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. [13]

Stockwell Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

John Stockwell, who settled in Barbados in 1664

Contemporary Notables of the name Stockwell (post 1700) +

Dean Stockwell (1936-2021), American Academy Award nominated actor, who began his acting career at age 7, best known for his role as Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the 1989–1993 television series Quantum Leap
Melissa Stockwell (b. 1980), American three-time gold medalist, two-time Paralympian and former U.S. Army officer
Harry Bayless Stockwell (1902-1984), American actor and singer, father of actors Dean Stockwell and Guy Stockwell
Guy Harry Stockwell (1934-2002), American actor who appeared in 30 movies and 250 television series
Michael Thomas "Mick" Stockwell (b. 1965), English former professional football midfielder and manager
Sir Hugh Charles Stockwell (1903-1986), English General, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1960-1964)
Air Vice Marshal Peter James Stockwell ONZM, AFC, retired senior Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) commander and former Chief of Air Force
Jack Stockwell (b. 1992), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Chris Stockwell (1957-2018), Canadian politician, 36th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1996-1999)
Brigadier Cecil Valentine Stockwell (1886-1982), Canadian District Officer Commanding 11th Military District [14]
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Citations +

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Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 8th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-spencer
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Cecil Stockwell. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Stockwell/Cecil_Valentine/Canada.html