Show ContentsClarill History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Clarill family

The surname Clarill was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 12th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Clarill family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clarill research. Another 124 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1187, 1256, 1260, 1276, 1293, 1410, 1414, 1422, 1430, 1469, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Clarill History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clarill Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Clarel, Clarrel, Clarrell, Claryll, Claryl, Clarall, Clarril, Clearill, Clearell, Clarill, Claril, Clerill and many more.

Early Notables of the Clarill family

Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Clarell, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1414; and Thomas Clarell, Vicar of Leeds from 1430 to 1469, and founder of the Clarell Chantry descended from the major Norman landholding family. His daughter Margaret Clarell married Sir John Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough in 1410...
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United States Clarill migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clarill Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Blanch Clarill, who landed in Virginia in 1665 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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