First found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Antrobus. Conjecturally they are descended from Earl Hugh who held the manor and estates of Antrobus at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book Survey in 1086 A.D.

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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 Antrobus or a variant listed above: Benjamin Antrobus who settled in West New Jersey in 1664; Joan Antrobus who settled in Massachusetts in 1635; Thomas Antrobus, his wife Margaret, and four daughters, settled in Georgia in 1733.

Motto Translated: Mindful of God.

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