Mabberlay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Mabberlay family

The surname Mabberlay was first found in Derbyshire at Mapperley, a township, in the parish of KirkHallam, union of Belper, hundred of Appletree. "The ancient Manor-house, a half-timbered building with gables, is now in three tenements." 1

In the Domesday Book of 1086, this township was known as Maperlie 2 and literally meant "maple-tree wood or clearing," from the Old English words "mapuldor" + "leah." 3

Mapperley in Basford located in Nottinghamshire is another point of origin for the family. One source notes that Thomas Mapurley was a considerable man at Nottingham in the reign of Richard II (1377-1399.) Originally known as Thomas Holt of Mapperley, Derbyshire, he changed his name to Thomas Mapurley to note his estates. He was under-sheriff of Nottinghamshire (c.1387-1391) and for period Member of Parliament for Nottingham in 1388 and 1391. He was Mayor of the Mapperley (1402-1403.)

Early English rolls provide us a glimpse of the spelling variations used through Medieval times. Today we typically need to look beyond the spellings of these entries and concentrate on on a phonetic sound of the entries. Richard de Maborlay was a Freeman of York in 1353 and Thomas de Mapurleye was listed as holding lands in Nottinghamshire in 1381. 4

Early History of the Mabberlay family

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Mabberlay Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Maberly, Maberley, Mably, Mapperly, Mapperlie, Mapperley, Mabilie, Mabbilie, Mabilard, Mapilard, Mabbilar, Mabilar, Mabbiler and many more.

Early Notables of the Mabberlay family

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Migration of the Mabberlay family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Joseph Mabberly, who came to New York, NY in 1778; Samuel Mabberly, who came to Philadelphia in 1822; John Mably, who arrived in Boston in 1830; Francis Mably, who settled in Boston in 1830.

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)