| ![Show Contents]() Buggyn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The name Buggyn claims Normandy, France as their original homestead. It is here that "Herebertus Bogin occurs in Normandy [in] 1180," according to the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae. 1 Landing in England, sometime after the Conquest, the family had a wide variety of spellings in use at that time. One noted source presumes that name was "a diminutive of the Middle English word bugge meaning ‘hobgoblin, bogey, scarecrow’. 2 Early Origins of the Buggyn familyThe surname Buggyn was first found in Staffordshire where Thomas Buggynges was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for 1380. A very rare name we must look to the 16th century to find William Buggyns in Devon in 1560. 2 Boggins are characters in a traditional annual event and game named Haxey Hood, which has been held at Haxey, North Lincolnshire, England since the 14th century. For this fun event, Boggins are people of the nearby bog. Early History of the Buggyn familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Buggyn research. Another 152 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1510, 1551 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Buggyn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Buggyn Spelling VariationsIt is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Buggyn are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Buggyn include Buggins, Buggin, Buggyn, Buggine, Buggan, Buggans, Boggins, Boggans, Buckins, Buckin, Bockin, Buggen, Buggens and many more. Early Notables of the Buggyn familyMore information is included under the topic Early Buggyn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Buggyn familyFaced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Buggyn, or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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