The surname Foleworthey was first found in Cambridgeshire at Folksworth, a small village and parish, in the union of Peterborough, hundred of Norman-Cross. Traditionally part of Huntingdonshire, the village has remained small over the centuries but dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Folchesworde. 1 Literally, the place name means "enclosure of a man called Folc," from the Old English personal name + "worth." 2 St Helen's Church on Morborne Road was first built in 1150 AD and was later restored in 1850.
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Early History of the Foleworthey family
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Foleworthey Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Foleworthey have been found, including Folksworth, Foulkesworth, Foulksworth, Folkesworth, Follsworth and many more.
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Early Notables of the Foleworthey family
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Migration of the Foleworthey family
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Foleworthey, or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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