The name Illworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the chapelry of Illingworth in the parish of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English word Illinword, which refers to an enclosure.
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Early Origins of the Illworth family
The surname Illworth was first found in Yorkshire at Illingworth, a village that dates back to 1276 when it was first listed as Illingworthe. 1
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Early History of the Illworth family
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Illworth 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 Illworth family name include Illingworth, Ilingworth, Illingsworth and others.
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Early Notables of the Illworth family
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Migration of the Illworth family
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Illworth surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Joshua Illingsworth settled in Newcastle county in Delaware in 1852; William and James Illingworth settled in Philadelphia in 1834 and 1866.
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