Ashdowne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Ashdowne has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in a place where ash trees prospered.

Early Origins of the Ashdowne family

The surname Ashdowne was first found in Essex, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Ashdowne family

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Ashdowne Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Ashdowne have been found, including Ashdown, Ashdowne, Ashdoun, Asdown, Ashdon and many more.

Early Notables of the Ashdowne family

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Ashdowne migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Ashdowne, or a variant listed above:

Ashdowne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Walter Ashdowne, who landed in Virginia in 1661 1
Ann Ashdowne, who arrived in Maryland in 1667 1

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)