Buhillay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Buhillay family

Early History of the Buhillay family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Buhillay research. Another 201 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1206, 1549, 1552, 1568, 1573, 1577, 1583, 1585, 1614, 1621, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1637, 1638, 1640, 1644, 1650, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1665, 1666, 1685, 1688, 1692, 1708 and 1710 are included under the topic Early Buhillay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Buhillay 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 Buhillay has appeared include Bulkeley, Bulkely, Buckly, Bulkelly, Bulhilly, Buhilly and many more.

Early Notables of the Buhillay family

Notables of the family at this time include Sir Richard Bulkeley (died 1573), a Welsh politician, Member of Parliament for Anglesey (1549-1552); Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris, Anglesey and Lewisham (d. 1621), English parliamentarian, knighted in 1577; his son, Thomas Bulkeley (died. c.1659), created Viscount Bulkeley of Cashel in the Peerage of Ireland on 19 January 1644; and John Bulkeley (1614-1662), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1662. Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley (1585-1659), was a Welsh landowner from North Wales who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Thomas...
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Migration of the Buhillay family to Ireland

Some of the Buhillay family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Buhillay family

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 Buhillay arrived in North America very early: Peter and Grace Bulkeley and their two sons who settled in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1635; William Bulkely with son and servants settled in Barbados in 1679..