The name Cassly is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived in the settlement of Kearsley in Lancashire. The surname Cassly belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxonhabitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Early Origins of the Cassly family
The surname Cassly was first found in Lancashire at Kearsley, now part of Greater Manchester. The first records of the place were found in 1187 when it was spelt Cherselawe and a few years later as Kereleie (c. 1220. ) The name literally means "clearing where cress grows" having derived from the Old English words caerse + leah. 1 There is another Kearsley, a township in the parish of Stamfordham, in Northumberland, but this township has remained rather small in comparison as a census in the late 1800s listed only 11 inhabitants, while the former township in Lancashire had 3,436 inhabitants in the same census.
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Early History of the Cassly family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cassly research. Another 87 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1210 is included under the topic Early Cassly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Cassly Spelling Variations
The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Cassly has been spelled many different ways, including Kearsley, Kearsey, Keasley, Kersley and others.
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Early Notables of the Cassly family
More information is included under the topic Early Cassly Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Cassly family
Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Casslys to arrive in North America: James Kearsley settled in Philadelphia in 1859.
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