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Where did the English Southern family come from? What is the English Southern family crest and coat of arms? When did the Southern family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Southern family history?
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Southern, Sotherton, Sotherne, Sotheron and others.First found in Suffolk where they held a family seat from very ancient times, as Lords of the manor of Sotherton, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. This local name was derived from the term "the southern" meaning "from the south" and from the Middle English word "sothern." Perhaps Chaucer in his famous Canterbury Tales sums up this surname best "But trusteth wel, I am a sothern man."
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Some of the Southern family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 111 words(8 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 Southern. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Southern Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- John Southern settled in Virginia in 1620
- John Southern, who landed in Jamestown, Va in 1624
- James Southern settled in Virginia in 1635
- James Southern, aged 19, arrived in Virginia in 1635
- Tho Southern, who arrived in Virginia in 1653
Southern Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- R Southern, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
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- Terry Southern (1924-1995), American short story writer, one of the co-writers of "Dr. Strangelove"
- Sir Richard William Southern (1912-2001), English historian awarded the 1987 Balzan Prize for Medieval History
- Edwin Mellor Southern (b. 1938), British 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist
- Richard Southern (1903-1989), British theatre designer and lecturer
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- 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.
- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds. Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
- Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
- Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Southern Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Southern 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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