First found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times.  

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• 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
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Bottomley surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Dorothy Bottomly who settled in Virginia in 1651; Jo Bottomly settled in Virginia in 1635; followed by John in 1653; J. Bottomly settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1822.

Motto Translated: To the faithful there is certain reward.

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