Dowel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Dowel family

The surname Dowel was first found in Inverness, where they held a family seat in this wild and romantic highland territory. Their territories were first located in Badenoch and they became associated as a sept of Donald Clan. Allegiances were important in this terrain.

Early History of the Dowel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dowel research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1606 and 1609 are included under the topic Early Dowel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dowel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Doull, Doul, Dowill, Dowl, Dowell, Duill, Doule and many more.

Early Notables of the Dowel family

Edward Dowell, curator and rector of the Church of West Derby in 16091...

Dowel migration to the United States +

Dowel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C Dowel, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816 2
John Dowel, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 2
W Dowel, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816 2

Sources +

'Townships: Scarisbrick', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 265-276. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp265-276 [accessed 21 January 2017].
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)