Dollen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
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Germany
Ireland

The Dollen surname is derived from the Middle English word "dole," meaning a "portion, or share of land."

Early Origins of the Dollen family

The surname Dollen was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Livery Dole in Exeter, Devon, is an ancient triangular site in eastern Exeter. It was most notoriously used as a place for executions and dates back to at least 1279 when it was derived from the Old English word "Leofhere" + "dole", a portion of land.

Small Dole is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex.

Early History of the Dollen family

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Dollen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dole, Dollen, Doling, Dolins and others.

Early Notables of the Dollen family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was William Dole (died 1403), English prelate, Canon of Windsor (1377-1403), Vicar of Exning, Suffolk in 1371 and Vicar of Croydon, Surrey in 1371. Dorcas Dole (died 1717) was a...
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Dollen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dollen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Ann Dollen, who arrived in New York, NY in 1822
Conr Dollen, aged 31, who arrived in New York, NY in 1855 1
Patrick Dollen, who settled in Illinois in 1860

Dollen migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2

Dollen Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Thomas Dollen, who settled in Barbados in 1685

Citations +

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies