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Bagnall History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

Ireland United States Australia New Zealand West Indies

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Bagnall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The name Bagnall dates back to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is derived from their residence in or around the region of Bagnall, which was in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent in the county of Staffordshire. 1 2 "The Bagnalls, at present best represented in the district of Stoke - on - Trent, were an ancient family of Newcastle - under - Lyme, members of which filled at various times the office of mayor; the family came into possession of the manor of Hanley 150 years ago. Bagnall is the name of a Staffordshire village." 3

Early Origins of the Bagnall family

The surname Bagnall was first found in Staffordshire, at Bagnall, a township, in the parish of Bucknall, union of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill. 4

Early History of the Bagnall family

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Bagnall Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Bagnall include Bagnall, Bagnal, Bagnold, Bagenald, Bagnald, Bagenal, Bagnell and many more.

Early Notables of the Bagnall family

Distinguished members of the family include

Sir Nicholas Bagnall, Marshal of Ireland in 1631

Migration of the Bagnall family to Ireland

Some of the Bagnall family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Bagnall migration to the United States +

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Bagnall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Walter Bagnall, who settled in Massachusetts in 1620
Walter Bagnall who settled in Maine in 1626
Walter Bagnall, who landed in Maine in 1628 5
Roger Bagnall, who landed in Virginia in 1637 5
Thomas Bagnall, who settled in New England in 1654

Bagnall Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Richard Bagnall, who arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1723 5
Benjamin Bagnall, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1724 5
James Bagnall, who arrived in America in 1760 5

Bagnall migration to Australia +

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

Bagnall Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. James Bagnall, (Bignall, Bignell), (b. 1798), aged 21, English convict who was convicted in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England for 7 years for larceny, transported aboard the "Asiatic" on 5th June 1819, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1880 6
Mr. William Bagnall, British Convict who was convicted in Shropshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Coromandel" on 27th October 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 7
William Bagnall, English convict from York, who was transported aboard the "Albion" on September 21, 1826, settling in New South Wales, Australia 8
Mr. Thomas Bagnall, English convict who was convicted in Warwick, Warwickshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Earl Grey" on 27th July 1838, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 9
Mr. John Bagnall, (b. 1816), aged 36, English coal miner who was convicted in York, Yorkshire, England for 7 years for highway robbery, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 27th August 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 10
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Bagnall 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:

Bagnall Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

William Bagnall, aged 35, a carpenter, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Olympus" in 1842
Lydia Bagnall, aged 34, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Olympus" in 1842
Mary Bagnall, aged 11, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Olympus" in 1842
Ann Bagnall, aged 9, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Olympus" in 1842
Mr. Henry Bagnall, (b. 1855), aged 19, English carpenter and wheelwright from Essex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tweed" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th September 1874 11

Bagnall 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. 12

Bagnall Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

John Bagnall, who arrived in Jamaica in 1679 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Bagnall (post 1700) +

Brian Bagnall (b. 1981), American author, speaker, and coach on the art of being Happy
Bill Bagnall (1926-2006), American publisher of Motorcyclist magazine, American Motorcyclist Association president, inducted to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
Henry W. Bagnall, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Arizona State House of Representatives, 1955-58
Frank K. Bagnall, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1922
Gibbons Bagnall (1719-1800), English poetical writer, son of Gibbons Bagnall of Windsor, admitted to Balliol College, Oxford, 12 July 1735 13
Richard Siddoway Bagnall (1889-1962), English entomologist who specialized in Thysanoptera
Joshua L Bagnall, English composer of the early and mid-19th century from Tyneside
James Eustace Bagnall ALS (1830-1918), English naturalist
Hamer Bagnall (1904-1974), English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1921 to 1929
Sir Nigel Bagnall (1927-2002), English Army Field Marshal, Chief of the General Staff (1985-1989)
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Historic Events for the Bagnall family +

HMS Dorsetshire

Joshua Bagnall (d. 1945), British Marine aboard the HMS Dorsetshire when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he died in the sinking 14

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/atlas
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 12th March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/coromandel
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Albion voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1826 with 192 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/albion/1826
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-grey
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 6 June 2019
Force Z Survivors HMS Dorsetshire Crew List, (Retrieved 2018, February 13th), https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listdorsetshirecrew.html