Batershel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Batershel family

Early History of the Batershel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Batershel research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1691, 1738, 1746 and 1801 are included under the topic Early Batershel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Batershel Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Batershel family name include Battershill, Battishill, Battershell, Batteshell and many more.

Early Notables of the Batershel family

Notables of the family at this time include Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801), composer, was the son of a solicitor, and was born in London in May 1738. At the age of nine he became a chorister of St. Paul's, and was articled pupil to the choirmaster, William Savage, before the age of thirteen. Under this master, who treated...
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Migration of the Batershel family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Batershel surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Henry Batteshell who settled in Maine in 1616; four years before the arrival of the "Mayflower," in 1620.