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![Show Contents]() Blag History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The origins of the Blag surname date from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name originated with an early member who was a person with dark hair or complexion. The surname Blag is a variant of the name Black. 1 Early Origins of the Blag familyThe surname Blag was first found in Kent, where this distinguished family were originally seated at Wallingford Castle in that county. Their early history was associated with the celebrated Earl of Godolphin. Early History of the Blag familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blag research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1000, 1450, 1512, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1520, 1522, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1551, 1592, 1611, 1613, 1642 and 1660 are included under the topic Early Blag History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Blag Spelling VariationsThe English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Blag has been recorded under many different variations, including Blagg, Blague, Blagge, Blage, Blag, Blaggue and others. Early Notables of the Blag familyDistinguished members of the family include - Robert Blage or Blagge (d. 1522?), an English judge, who was of a Suffolk family, and was son of Stephen Blagge of Broke Montague in Somersetshire. "He was a commissioner of sewers in Cambridgeshire a...
- Sir George Blagge (1512-1551) was an English courtier, politician, soldier and a minor poet. He was the Member of Parliament for Bedford from 1545 to 1547, and Westminster from 1547 to 1551, during th...
- Colonel Thomas Blagge (1613-1660), was an English soldier and supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War. He came from Horningsheath, Suffolk, and was Groom of the Chamber to Charles I. From 1642...
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Blag or a variant listed above:
Blag Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Blag, who arrived in Virginia in 1698 2
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- 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)
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Blag migration to the United States 
