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

The ancient roots of the Douthwright family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Douthwright comes from when the family lived in the village of Douthwait, which was located on the border of North Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Douthwright has appeared include Douthwaite, Douthert, Douthet, Douthat, Douthit, Douthirt, Douthwrait, Dowthwaite, Dowthert, Dowthet, Dowthirt and many more.

First found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Douthwright research. Another 234 words(17 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Douthwright History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Douthwright arrived in North America very early: Abraham Dowthwaite who settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1796 with his brother Robert; William Douthwaite arrived in Philadelphia in 1803.

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The Douthwright Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Douthwright 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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