Bompass History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Bompass comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a swift walker. Originally the name Bompass was from the Old French expression bon pas 1 which meant good pace, or good passage. 2 The surname was first found in England soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Not all of the family emigrated to England as the source Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae, includes entries for Reginald, Robert, William de Boneboz who held lands in Normandy in 1198. There the name originated in Boneboz, Normandy which was held by the Earls of Mellent. 3

Early Origins of the Bompass family

The surname Bompass was first found in Gloucestershire, where William Bonpas was recorded in the Pipe Rolls of 1175. 1 Gilbert de Besant was a benefactor to Dunstable Priory. 3

Early History of the Bompass family

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Bompass Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bompass has undergone many spelling variations, including Bumpus, Bonpas, Bumpasse, Bompase, Bumpuss, Bumpusse and many more.

Early Notables of the Bompass family

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Bompass migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bompass were among those contributors:

Bompass Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edward Bompass, who arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621 aboard the ship "Fortune" 4

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
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)