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The name Bonifant comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a person who was referred to as the bon enfant, and is equivalent to the English Goodchild.
The surname Bonifant was first found in Oxfordshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bonifant research. Another 177 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1207, 1279, 1332, 1349, 1369, 1472, 1524, 1540 and 1707 are included under the topic Early Bonifant History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bonifant has undergone many spelling variations, including Bonyfant, Bonifant, Bonenfant, Bonenfand, Bonefant, Bon Effaunt, Bonyfaunt, Bolyvaunt, Bonyvant and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Bonifant Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bonifant were among those contributors: a number of settlers who arrived in the New World by the 19th century.