Bonnifield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bonnifield family

Early History of the Bonnifield family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bonnifield research. Another 177 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1207, 1279, 1332, 1349, 1369, 1472, 1524, 1540 and 1707 are included under the topic Early Bonnifield History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bonnifield Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bonnifield family name include Bonyfant, Bonifant, Bonenfant, Bonenfand, Bonefant, Bon Effaunt, Bonyfaunt, Bolyvaunt, Bonyvant and many more.

Early Notables of the Bonnifield family

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Migration of the Bonnifield family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Bonnifield or a variant listed above: a number of settlers who arrived in the New World by the 19th century.