Treadaway is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Treadaway family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Treadaway family lived in Cornwall, at the village of Tewardevi, from which their name is derived.
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Early Origins of the Treadaway family
The surname Treadaway was first found in Cornwall where they held a family seat from early times. There is also some evidence to believe that they were descended from Richard of Trethewey, a Norman knight, who held this village from the Count of Mortaine during the Norman occupation as recorded in the Domesday Book taken in 1086.
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Early History of the Treadaway family
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Treadaway Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence in the eras before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate regularly changed the spellings of their names as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Treadaway have been found, including Trethewey, Trethewy, Trethevy, Threthaway, Treadaway and many more.
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Early Notables of the Treadaway family
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Treadaway Ranking
In the United States, the name Treadaway is the 17,513rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
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Migration of the Treadaway family
For many English families, the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. For such families, the shores of Ireland, Australia, and the New World beckoned. They left their homeland at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. Many arrived after the long voyage sick, starving, and without a penny. But even those were greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. Numerous English settlers who arrived in the United States and Canada at this time went on to make important contributions to the developing cultures of those countries. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Treadaway were among those contributors: Nathaniel Threthway who arrived in Massachusetts in 1639 and Samuel Trethewey who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) county, Pennsylvania in 1765.
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