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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Dyster, Dyetser, Digester, Dighester, Dister and others.

First found in Worcestershire where they held a family seat as and recorded on Tax Rolls.Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1280 when Henry le Dyester was on taxable records.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Doster research. Another 269 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1322, 1325, 1455, and 1487 are included under the topic Early Doster History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Doster Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.

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The Doster Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Doster Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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