Addas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Addas

What does the name Addas mean?

The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Addas came from Addie's son or Addy's son.

Early Origins of the Addas family

The surname Addas was first found in the county of Staffordshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Addas family

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Addas 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 Addas family name include Addis, Addys, Addyes, Addes, Adis, Addice, Addicks and many more.

Early Notables of the Addas family

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Migration of the Addas family to Ireland

Some of the Addas family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Addas 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 Addas surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Edward Addis who settled in Nevis, in 1654; John settled in Virginia 1652; another John settled in Barbados in 1680; Anne settled in Virginia in 1684; William settled in Massachusetts in 1620..