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![Show Contents]() Stogdon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Stogdon is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Stogdon family once lived in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Settlements called Stockton are found in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Stockton Heath is in Cheshire, and Stockton on Tees is in Durham. Stockton on Teme is in Worcestershire, and Stockton on the Forest is in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The surname Stogdon belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Early Origins of the Stogdon familyThe surname Stogdon was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from ancient times. Stocking Abbey was an abbey in North Yorkshire Early History of the Stogdon familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stogdon research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1470, 1630, 1670, 1680, 1692 and 1728 are included under the topic Early Stogdon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Stogdon Spelling VariationsSound 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 Stogdon family name include Stockton, Stockden, Stockdon, Stogdon, Stocking and others. Early Notables of the Stogdon familyNotables of this surname at this time include: - Hubert Stogdon (1692-1728), was an English nonconformist divine, born at Bodicote, near Banbury in Oxfordshire
Migration of the Stogdon familyFor 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 Stogdon surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Jonas Stockton and his son, who arrived in Virginia in 1620, the same year as the "Mayflower"; Timothey Stockton, who arrived in Virginia in 1620.
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