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Where did the English Dursley family come from? What is the English Dursley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dursley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dursley family history? Spelling variations of this family name include: Dearsley, Dearsly, Dersle and others. First found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, [1] indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Woodditton, occupied by under-tenant William de Noyers who held from the King who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dursley research. Another 193 words(14 lines of text) covering the years 1273 and 1673 are included under the topic Early Dursley History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Dursley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Richard Dearsley, who settled in South Carolina between 1670-1681; George Dearsley, who settled in South Carolina between 1670-1692; Nicholl Dearsley, who arrived in Maryland in 1673.
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The Dursley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dursley 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. This page was last modified on 23 September 2010 at 15:39. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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