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![Show Contents]() Blagge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The name Blagge comes from a name for a person with dark hair or complexion. The surname Blagge is a variant of the name Black. 1 Early Origins of the Blagge familyThe surname Blagge 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 Blagge familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blagge 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 Blagge History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Blagge Spelling VariationsUntil quite recently, the English language has lacked a definite system of spelling rules. Consequently, Anglo-Saxon surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. Changes in Anglo-Saxon names were influenced by the evolution of the English language, as it incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other languages. Although Medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, so it is common to find one person referred to by several different spellings of his surname, even the most literate people varied the spelling of their own names. Variations of the name Blagge include Blagg, Blague, Blagge, Blage, Blag, Blaggue and others. Early Notables of the Blagge 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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Searching for a better life, many English families migrated to British colonies. Unfortunately, the majority of them traveled under extremely harsh conditions: overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the ocean. For those families that arrived safely, modest prosperity was attainable, and many went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the new colonies. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Blagge or a variant listed above:
Blagge Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Abraham Blagge, who arrived in Maryland in 1680 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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Blagge migration to the United States 
