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Where did the English Dover family come from? What is the English Dover family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dover family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dover family history?
The name Dover is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when the family lived beside a small stream that emptied into a harbour. The surname Dover originally derived from the Old English word Dofre.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Dover are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. The variations of the name Dover include: Dover, Dovar, Dovir and others.First found in Bedfordshire, 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 Dover research. Another 253 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1575 and 1641 are included under the topic Early Dover History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Another 27 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Dover Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Dover. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Many English families tired of political and religious strife left Britain for the new colonies in North America. Although the trip itself offered no relief - conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and many travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute - these immigrants believed the opportunities that awaited them were worth the risks. Once in the colonies, many of the families did indeed prosper and, in turn, made significant contributions to the culture and economies of the growing colonies. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Dover or a variant listed above:
Dover Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Mary Dover who settled in Nantasket in 1630
- Pm Dover, who landed in Virginia in 1649
- Timothy Dover, who settled in Virginia in 1651
- Timo Dover, who landed in Virginia in 1651
- Edward Dover, who landed in Virginia in 1666
Dover Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Anne Dover, who settled in New England in 1764
Dover Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Francis Dover, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1823
- Patrick Dover, who landed in Mississippi in 1855
Dover Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Max Dover, who landed in Mississippi in 1900
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- Robert Dover, American equestrian rider
- Thomas Dover (1660-1742), English physician
- John Dover (1824-1881), British Instrument Maker
- Sir Kenneth James Dover (b. 1920), British academic, Professor of Greek Literature, Chancellor of the University of St Andrews (1981-2005)
- Densmore Ronald Dover (b. 1938), British politician, member of the U.K. Parliament for Chorley (1979-1997)
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- Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds. Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
- Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
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The Dover Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dover 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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