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Where did the English Drown family come from? What is the English Drown family crest and coat of arms? When did the Drown family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Drown family history?
The surname Drown is derived from the Middle English word "drane," or drone, which is the male honey bee.
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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
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Drane, Drain, Drone, Dron, Dran, Drayne, Drayn and others.First found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as 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 1276 when Roger Drane held estates in that shire.
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Some of the Drown family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 187 words(13 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included 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 Drown. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Drown Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- William Drown, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Maryland in 1742
- Thomas Drown, whose name was on a muster roll of army recruits in Maryland in 1776
Drown Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- S. M. Drown, who was a passenger arriving at San Francisco in 1851
- S M Drown, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
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- Thomas Messinger Drown (1842-1904), American scientist and educator, who was president of Lehigh University
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- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
- Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
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