The ancestry of the name Bilsdane dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in one of several places called Bilton in the counties of Northumberland, Warwickshire, Essex, or Yorkshire.
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Early Origins of the Bilsdane family
The surname Bilsdane was first found in Yorkshire at Bilton, a chapelry, in the parish of Swine, union of Skirlaugh, Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness. "This place, called in Domesday Book Biletone, at an early period gave name to a family resident here." 1 As previous mentioned, there are numerous places name Bilton and part of the reason is that the place name literally means "farmstead of a man called Bill or Billa." 2 Bilston(e) is similarly popular with places in Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
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Early History of the Bilsdane family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bilsdane research. Another 55 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1650 is included under the topic Early Bilsdane History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Bilsdane 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 Bilsdane have been found, including Bilton, Biltoune, Bilston, Bilson, Bilsden and many more.
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Early Notables of the Bilsdane family
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Migration of the Bilsdane family
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 Bilsdane, or a variant listed above: John Bilson who settled in Virginia in 1654; Stafford Bilson settled in Virginia in 1653; William Bilson settled in New England in 1752; Henry Billson settled in Philadelphia in 1868..
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