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The name Knatchpole comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a brave and strong person. The surname Knatchpole originally derived from the Old English words Knatch which meant to strike and Bull which referred to the animal bull. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames referred to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, appearance, habits, or character.
The surname Knatchpole was first found in Kent where one of the first records of the name was John Knatchbull who held lands in the parish of Limme in the reign of Edward III. 1 "The main branch was at Mersham-Hatch, by purchase temp. Henry VII and there the present Baronet yet resides." 2
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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 Knatchpole has undergone many spelling variations, including Knatchbull, Knatchpole, Knatchpoole and others.
Distinguished members of the family include Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet of Mersham Hatch (1602-1685), an English politician, founder of The Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford; Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Baronet (c.1636-1696), an English...
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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 Knatchpole were among those contributors: John Knatchpoole settled in Virginia in 1654; John Knatchbull settled in Barbados with his servants in 1679.