Bordman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Bordman is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a person who worked with timber, cutting it into boards. According to some experts the name may also refer to someone who was a border or cottager or a tenant in bondage to a lord, having derived Latinized form bondmannus. 1

Early Origins of the Bordman family

The surname Bordman was first found in Lancashire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Bordman family

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Bordman Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Bordman has appeared include Boardman, Bordman and others.

Early Notables of the Bordman family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

Andrew Boardman, Bordman, Bourdman or Bourman (1550?-1639), an English divine and native of Lancashire, where he was born about 1550...

Bordman migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Bordman arrived in North America very early:

Bordman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jon Bordman, who landed in Virginia in 1636 2
Thomas Bordman, who arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1637 2
William Bordman, who landed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1652 2

Bordman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Bordman, who landed in America in 1806 2

Citations +

Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. 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)