Mablethorpe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Mablethorpe family

The surname Mablethorpe was first found in Lincolnshire at Mablethorpe, a parish, in the union of Louth, Marsh division of the hundred of Calceworth. "This place is supposed to have obtained its name from the great number of maple-trees with which it formerly abounded, and the stumps of which are still to be seen at low water." 1

Actually, Mablethorpe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Malbertorp. 2 At that time, it literally meant "outlying farmstead of a man called Malbert." from the Old German personal name + the Viking word "thorp." 3

However, we must look to Yorkshire to find the first record of the family. It is here that Gilbert de Maupertorp was listed in the Assize Rolls of 1219. 4

Early History of the Mablethorpe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mablethorpe research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1510, 1600, 1609, 1631, 1664, 1676, 1677 and 1721 are included under the topic Early Mablethorpe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mablethorpe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Maplethorp, Maplethorpe, Mablethorp, Mablethrope, Maplethrop, Maplethropp, Mablethropp and many more.

Early Notables of the Mablethorpe family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Robert Mapletoft (1609-1677), an English churchman and academic from North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge (1664-1677), and Dean of Ely; and his son, John Mapletoft (1631-1721), an...
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Migration of the Mablethorpe family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Mapletoft, who settled in Barbados in 1685; James Mapletoft, who was on record in the census of Ontario, Canada in 1871; and Thomas Maplethorp, who was on record in Illinois in 1886..

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)