Buxworthe is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Buxworthe family once lived at Buckworth, in Huntingdonshire, a village near Alconbury west of Huntingdon. Alternatively, Buckworth was a hundred (a geographic division dating back to the Saxons) located in Surrey. This reference dates back to the Domesday Book as Cherchefelle, but in 1199 became known as Reigate.
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Early Origins of the Buxworthe family
The surname Buxworthe was first found in Huntingdonshire or perhaps Surrey, both dating back to circa Domesday Book.
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Early History of the Buxworthe family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Buxworthe research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1662, 1697, 1704, 1709 and 1759 are included under the topic Early Buxworthe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Buxworthe 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 Buxworthe family name include Buckworth, Buckworthe and others.
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Early Notables of the Buxworthe family
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Migration of the Buxworthe 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 Buxworthe surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Buckworth who settled in Virginia in 1638; Richard Buckworth settled in Barbados with his wife and servants in 1680.
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