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Where did the English Durnford family come from? What is the English Durnford family crest and coat of arms? When did the Durnford family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Durnford family history?
The name Durnford is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo Saxon tribes of Britain. The first people to bear this distinguished name lived in the civil parish of Great and Little Durnford on the river Avon in Wiltshire. The name Durnford derives from the Anglo-Saxon words "dierne ford" for "hidden ford" for the hidden crossing over the nearby river Avon.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Durnford, Darnford, Dornford and others.First found in Wiltshire where Roger de Derneford (b. 1135) held the fifth part of a knight's fee in 1165. His father was born in 1090 in that area but his grandfather was born in 1040 in Normandy. Roger de Derneford was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1190. This "Roger" may be the same as the aforementioned. A few years later, William de Durneford was listed in another census in 1255.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Durnford Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Elizabeth Lucas Durnford, aged 45, arrived in Connecticut in 1812
- P Durnford, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- Wm Durnford, aged 21, arrived in New York in 1868
- Emeline M Durnford, aged 16, landed in New York in 1868
- James Durnford, aged 50, arrived in New York in 1868
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- Elias Durnford (1739-1794), Commanding Engineer and Surveyor-General of West Florida, Lieutenant-Governor of Florida
- Major General Elias Walker Durnford (d. 1849), Commanding Engineer for Upper and Lower Canada from 1816 to 1831
- General Edward William Durnford (1803-1889), Commanding Royal Engineer in Ireland from 1860 to 1866
- The Rt Rev Richard Durnford, Bishop of Chichester from 1870 to 1895
- Colonel Antony William Durnford (1830-1879), British Army officer who served in the Anglo-Zulu War, eponym of Fort Durnford, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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- Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. 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.
- Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
- Cook, Chris. English Historical Facts 1603-1688. London: MacMillan, 1980. Print.
- Lennard, Reginald. Rural England 1086-1135 A Study of Social and Agrarian Conditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Print.
- Bullock, L.G. Historical Map of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1971. Print.
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