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![Show Contents]() Alefounder History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England
Early Origins of the Alefounder familyThe surname Alefounder was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1381 when John Alefondre held the estates. Early History of the Alefounder familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Alefounder research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Alefounder History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Alefounder 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 Alefounder family name include Alefounder, Alfounder, Allfounder, Alfunder, Alfonder, Allfonder, Elfounder and many more. Early Notables of the Alefounder familyDistinguished members of the family include - the Alefounder family of Dedham,Essex and Boston, Mass
 Alefounder migration to the United States | + |
For 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 Alefounder surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Alefounder Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Robert Alefounder, who arrived in Virginia in 1717 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Alefounder (post 1700) | + |
- John Alefounder (d. 1795), English portrait and miniature painter who studied at the Royal Academy and gained a silver medal there in 1782 2
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 17 Apr. 2019
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Alefounder migration to the United States 
