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The local surname Greenacer was derived from the expression "of the green acre" or "green acres." Literally the name means "green field." 1
The surname Greenacer was first found in Lancashire at Twiston, a township, in the chapelry of Downham, parish of Whalley, union of Clitheroe, Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn. "In the 1st of Edward III., when the Hall existed, the property was possessed by Richard de Greenacres; a successor of whom, Sir Richard Greenacres, left a daughter that married into the Worsley family, through whom the estate passed to the family of Starkie." 2
Richard de Grenacres, recorded 6 Edward III, (in the sixth year of Edward III's reign) was recorded in the Oldham Guardian, "Old Homesteads." 3
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Greenacer research. Another 52 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1564 and 1901 are included under the topic Early Greenacer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Greenacres, Greenaker, Geenakers, Grinacres, Grinakers, Grenacres and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Greenacer Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..