Stokel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The ancestors of the name Stokel date back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Stokel family lived in the chapelry of Stockwell in Surrey. 1 2 3

The surname Stokel 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 Stokel family

The surname Stokel 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 Stokel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stokel research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1581, 1582 and 1587 are included under the topic Early Stokel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Stokel Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Stokel are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Stokel include: Stockwell, Stokewell, Stokwell and others.

Early Notables of the Stokel family

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Stokel migration to the United States +

Many English families tired of political and religious strife left Britain for the new colonies in North America. Although the trip itself offered no relief - conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and many travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute - these immigrants believed the opportunities that awaited them were worth the risks. Once in the colonies, many of the families did indeed prosper and, in turn, made significant contributions to the culture and economies of the growing colonies. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Stokel or a variant listed above:

Stokel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

J Zacharias Stokel, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 8

Citations +

Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
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)
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)