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Early Origins of the Truesdell family

The surname Truesdell was first found in the North Riding of Yorkshire at Troutsdale, a township in the parish of Brompton, near Scarborough. [1] [2] Literally, the place name means "trout pool." [3] While the township comprises about 1000 acres, the populations has always been small: only 96 inhabitants in the late 1800's. [2] Today known as Broxa-cum-Troutsdale, according to the 2001 UK census, the parish had a population of 44.

Interestingly, Hotten's Lists of Emigrants includes a listing for Phines Trusedell (aged 18 years) who embarked for the Barbadoes in 1635. "Probably Phineas was the parent of the American Trowsdales, Trousdales, or Truesdales. The different forms are still chiefly found, so far as England is concerned, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the neighbourhood of Troutsdale." [1]

Early History of the Truesdell family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Truesdell research. Another 129 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1097, 1190, 1455, 1484, 1487, 1510, 1550 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Truesdell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Truesdell Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Trewsdale, Trewdale, Trowsdale, Trowdale, Trowesdale, Trewesdale, Truesdale, Truedale, Trudell, Trudall, Trusdale, Trusdall, Trussdell and many more.

Early Notables of the Truesdell family

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Truesdell Ranking

In the United States, the name Truesdell is the 10,281st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [4]

Migration of the Truesdell family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Truesdell (post 1700) +

  • Elmer Truesdell (1860-1936), American Latin scholar
  • Keith Truesdell, American television director and producer
  • Clifford Ambrose Truesdell (1919-2000), American mathematician, natural philosopher, and historian
  • Jesse Truesdell Peck (1811-1883), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church


  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  3. Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
  4. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/


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