Offaly Family Crest and Name History

Where did the English Offaly family come from? What is the English Offaly family crest and coat of arms? When did the Offaly family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Offaly family history?

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Offaly Early Origins

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Offaly family name include Offley, Offlie, Offly, Offaly, Offally, Offalie and others.

First found in Hertfordshire where they have held a family seat from ancient times some say at the time of the Norman Conquest of England by Duke William of Normandy in 1066 A.D. No explanation of the origin of this surname is offered but it is known to be of very ancient Saxon origin.

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Offaly Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Offaly research. Another 196 words(14 lines of text) covering the years 1556 and 1716 are included under the topic Early Offaly History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Offaly Early Notables

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The Great Migration

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Offaly surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Daniel and David Offley who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1635; John H. Offley settled in Baltimore Maryland in 1823.

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Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
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The Offaly Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Offaly 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.

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