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Crabill Family Crest
Crabill Family Crest
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Where did the English Crabill family come from? What is the English Crabill family crest and coat of arms? When did the Crabill family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Crabill family history?

As a result of the frequent commercial intercourse between the Flemish and English nations, many Flemish migrants settled in Britain. The Crabill history starts with such a migration. As the population grew and people traveled further afield, it became increasingly necessary to assume an additional name to differentiate between bearers of the same personal name. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames refers either directly or indirectly to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, physical appearance, habits, or character, among other attributes. Flemish names of this type frequently feature the prefixes lile, which meant the. The surname Crabill is a nickname for a cross-grained, ill-tempered, or fractious person. The surname Crabill may have been applied as a nickname for some who was crabby. Checking further we found the name was derived from the Old English word crabba, which means crab, or from the Old English word crabbe, which means wild apple. This latter reference implies that the origin may lie as a habitation name "one who lives near the wild apple trees."

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Flemish surnames are characterized by a large number of spelling variations. One reason for this is that medieval English lacked definite spelling rules. The spellings of surnames were also influenced by the official court languages, which were French and Latin. Names were rarely spelled consistently in medieval times. Scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to specific spelling rules, and people often had their names registered in several different forms throughout their lives. One of the greatest reasons for change is the linguistic uniqueness of the Flemish settlers in England, who spoke a language closely related to Dutch. The pronunciation and spelling of Flemish names were often altered to suit the tastes of English-speaking people. In many cases, the first, final, or middle syllables of surnames were eliminated. The name has been spelled Crabb, Crabbe, Crab, Crabe and others.

First found in Cambridge where they held a family seat from early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Crabill research. Another 307 words(22 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1319, 1332, 1754, and 1832 are included under the topic Early Crabill History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first North American settlers with Crabill name or one of its variants: John Crabb who settled in Boston in 1630; followed by another John Crabb, who settled in Dorchester in 1630; who arrived on the sailing ship "Mary and John." He moved to Connecticut in 1632. Richard Crabb was a representative in 1639 from Wethersfield, Massachusetts.

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