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Early Origins of the Fishlok family

The surname Fishlok 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 year 1204 when Simon of Fishlake was recorded on tax rolls. Fishlake was an ancient village recorded in the Domesday Book. In the earlier Saxon it was called Fixcale. In 1086 it was held by William Warrene, a Norman line which would later become the Earls of Warwick.

Conjecturally, the Fishlocks or Fishlakes may be descended from the Norman Baron or a relative.

Early History of the Fishlok family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fishlok research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1366, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Fishlok History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fishlok 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 Fishlok family name include Fishlake, Fishlock, Fitchlock, Fiscoke, Fishlok and others.

Early Notables of the Fishlok family

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Migration of the Fishlok 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 Fishlok surname or a spelling variation of the name include: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.

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