Glade History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Glade family
The surname Glade was first found in Staffordshire and Lincolnshire where Gladuin(e) was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. 1 In Latin, the place name was listed as Gladuin-us and Gleduin-us. 2
While both counties are listed in the Domesday Book, Staffordshire was the county that had the first listing for the family: Glad(e)wine was listed at Burton, Staffordshire c. 1113. A few years later, Henry and Peter Gladwine were listed at Winton, Hampshire in 1148 and Robert Gledewyne was later listed in the Assize Rolls of Kent in 1317. 3
This latter source continues to note that the name "was unrecorded in Old English, but fairly common in the 12th century." 3
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed Walter Gladewyne and Roger Gladewine as both holding lands in Cambridgeshire at that time. 4
Two sources notes that the name could have been a nickname for "merry or kind friend from the [Old English glaed + wine, friend] " 2 or "kind friend" 5
Early History of the Glade family
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Glade Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Gladwin, Gladwine, Gladewin, Gladwind, Gladwyne, Cladwin, Cladwine and many more.
Early Notables of the Glade family
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Glade Ranking
In the United States, the name Glade is the 18,210th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 6
Glade migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Glade Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- William Glade, who arrived in Virginia in 1652 7
Glade Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Henry Glade, who landed in New England in 1756 7
Glade Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Johann F C Glade, aged 52, who arrived in Missouri in 1839 7
Glade migration to West Indies +
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association.
8Glade Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century
- Joseph Glade, aged 20, British settler travelling from London, UK arriving in St Christopher (St. Kitts) on 5th January 1634 7
Citations +
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies