Ansallby History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Ansallby family

Early History of the Ansallby family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ansallby research. Another 130 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1394, 1415, 1420, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1552, 1567, 1571, 1574, 1597 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Ansallby History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ansallby Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Ansallby has undergone many spelling variations, including Anelby, Anlaby, Hanlaby, Annlaby, Hannlaby, Anlabie, Anelbie, Hanelbie, Anselby, Ansallby, Ansalby, Hansalby and many more.

Early Notables of the Ansallby family

Distinguished members of the family include William Anlaby (1552?-1597), English Catholic missioner, a native of Etton in Yorkshire. He "matriculated in the university of Cambridge as a pensioner of St. John's College, 12 Nov. 1567, and proceeded to the degree of B.A. in 1571. He had been brought up in the protestant...
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Migration of the Ansallby family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Ansallby were among those contributors: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..