Boydwell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Boydwell is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Cheshire, where it is believed they took their name from the place-name Boydell, which most people believe was located in Norfolk.

Early Origins of the Boydwell family

The surname Boydwell was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Boydwell family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boydwell research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1150, 1450 and 1800 are included under the topic Early Boydwell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boydwell 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 Boydwell family name include Boydell, Boydall and others.

Early Notables of the Boydwell family

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Migration of the Boydwell family to Ireland

Some of the Boydwell family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Boydwell family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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. Early immigrants bearing the Boydwell surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Boydell who settled in Massachusetts in 1634.