The surname Bithway was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1243 when Richard Bytheway.held estates in that county.
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Early History of the Bithway family
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Bithway Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bytheway, Bitheway, Bidaway, Bythway, Bithway, Bidway and many more.
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Early Notables of the Bithway family
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Migration of the Bithway family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.
Contemporary Notables of the name Bithway (post 1700)
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Mr. William Bithway, British sheriff, held the joint position of Sheriff of Nottingham, England from 1468 to 1468
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