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Where did the English Mansfield family come from? What is the English Mansfield family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mansfield family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mansfield family history?
The name Mansfield arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Mansfield family lived in Mansfield, a parish in Nottinghamshire. The place-name itself is a combination of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon terms, and literally signifies the field by the hill called Mam, from the Celtic word for a mother or a breast.
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- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Mansfield, Manfield, Mansfeild and others.First found in Nottingham where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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Some of the Mansfield family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 94 words(7 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 Mansfield. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Mansfield or a variant listed above:
Mansfield Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Davy Mansfield settled in Virginia in 1623
- Davy Mansfield, who landed in Virginia in 1623
- Robert Mansfield settled in Lynn Massachusetts in 1630
- Thomas and Jane Mansfield settled in Virginia in 1634
- John Mansfield settled in Boston in 1634
Mansfield Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Marry Mansfield, who landed in Virginia in 1718
- Elizabeth Mansfield, who arrived in Carolina in 1724
- John Mansfield, who arrived in America in 1765
- Elizabeth Mansfield settled in Maryland in 1774
Mansfield Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Charles Mansfield, aged 20, landed in New York in 1812
- Marg Mansfield, aged 25, landed in America in 1822
- L J Mansfield, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
- Henry Mansfield, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906
- James Mansfield, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1850
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- Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001), Montana politician, statesman and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Arabella Mansfield (1846-1911), first American female lawyer
- Edwin Mansfield (1930-1997), American professor of economics
- Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction
- Sir Peter Mansfield FRS (b. 1933), British physicist awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- William Mansfield GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC (1855-1921), 1st Viscount Sandhurst, British statesman
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- Mansfield Genealogy by Geneva A. Daland.
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- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
- Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
- Crispin, M. Jackson and Leonce Mary. Falaise Roll Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. Print.
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
- Shirley, Evelyn Philip. Noble and Gentle Men of England Or Notes Touching The Arms and Descendants of the Ancient Knightley and Gentle Houses of England Arranged in their Respective Counties 3rd Edition. Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1866. Print.
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