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

The Rosewall surname is a Cornish habitation name taken on from the place name Ryswal in the parish of Towednack. The place name comes from the Cornish words "res," meaning "ford," and "wall," meaning "a rampart."

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Rossell, Rosewell, Rosewall, Rosswell and others.

First found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rosewall research. Another 210 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1306, 1327, 1519, 1599, 1619, and 1725 are included under the topic Early Rosewall History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 82 words(6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Rosewall Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Henry Rosewell, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1629; John Rosewell, a servant sent to Virginia in 1661; Roger Rosewell, who arrived in Barbados in 1658.

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  • Kenneth Ronald Rosewall (b. 1934), Australian tennis player


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  5. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  6. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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  9. Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
  10. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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The Rosewall Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Rosewall 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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