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Where did the English Locksley family come from? What is the English Locksley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Locksley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Locksley family history? Locksley is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from a family once having lived in the region of Loxley in Staffordshire. Locksley is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Locksley has been recorded under many different variations, including Loxley, Lockley, Locksley and others. First found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Locksley research. Another 265 words(19 lines of text) covering the year 1180 is included under the topic Early Locksley History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Locksley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Locksley or a variant listed above: Charles Lockley, who settled in Virginia in 1638; Richard Lockley, who arrived in Virginia in 1635; and Joseph Lockly, who arrived in Virginia in 1651..
The Locksley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Locksley 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 27 October 2010 at 13:46. ©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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