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The surname D'aumary was first found in Oxfordshire where one of the first records of the family was Sir Robert D'Amory, Knight, of Bucknell and Woodperry. He also held the manors of Bletchington and Holton, Oxfordshire, Standon in Hertfordshire, Caythorpe in Lincolnshire, and Knaresborough and St. Briavels' Castles. His son, Roger Damory, Lord d'Amory, Baron d'Amory in Ireland, (d. c. 1321) was a nobleman and Constable of Corfe Castle.
The descendants of the Norman adventurer, the Damorys, were established in Somersetshire, 15 Henry. II. They bore for arms "Barry nebulee of six arg and gu. a bend az." 1
"One branch of this ancient house was long seated at Yatt, co. Gloucester; and another has migrated to the United States, where the name and family of Amory are well known and esteemed." 1
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our D'aumary research. Another 280 words (20 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1323, 1326, 1330, 1375 and 1628 are included under the topic Early D'aumary History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Damory, Damary, Dammery, Damry, Amori, Damory and many more.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: M. Damarey, who came to Philadelphia in 1809; Mary Grace Dammery, who came to America sometime between 1854 and 1856; and James Dammery, who came to America sometime between 1854 and 1856..