Addlint History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Addlint family

The surname Addlint was first found in Lancashire at Adlington, a small town and civil parish that dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was first listed as Eduluintune. 1

Adlington was part of the Penwortham barony granted to Randle de Marsey and later held by the Ferrers. The place name literally means "estate associated with a man called Eadwulf," from the Old English personal name + "ing" + "tun." 2

"The Adlington family held lands here in the reign of Edward II, and for many subsequent generations." 3 In 1202 Walter de Adlington granted six oxgangs of land to Siward de Duxbury. By 1288, Hugh de Adlington and Adam de Duxbury each held a moiety of the manor of William de Ferrers. Adlington Hall was a grand Georgian country house but was demolished in the 1960s.

Adlington, Cheshire is a village and civil parish and home to Adlington Hall, a country house with a great hall that was constructed between 1480 and 1505. This latter village was ancestral home to the Leghs.

Early History of the Addlint family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Addlint research. Another 110 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1566, 1567, 1571, 1582, 1596, 1613 and 1664 are included under the topic Early Addlint History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Addlint Spelling Variations

Although the name, Addlint, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Adlington, Adlinton, Adlenton, Adelington, Addlington, Addlinton, Atlington, Attlington and many more.

Early Notables of the Addlint family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was William Adlington (fl. 1566) English translator of the Elizabethan era in the "golden age of translations". His translation of Apuleius' 2nd century...
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Migration of the Addlint family

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Addlint family name Addlint, or who bore a variation of the surname were George Adlington, who arrived in Baltimore in 1758; William Adlington, who came to Philadelphia in 1865; and Chas Addlington, who was on record in Toronto in 1871..

Citations +

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)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.