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The Anglo-Saxon name Sexbey comes from when the family resided in the parish of Saxby in the counties of Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. The surname Sexbey is an example of a habitation name which forms a broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.
The surname Sexbey was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sexbey research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1616 and 1658 are included under the topic Early Sexbey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Sexbey has been recorded under many different variations, including Saxby, Saxbe, Saxbie, Saxby and others.
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Sexbey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Sexbey or a variant listed above: John Saxby settled in Philadelphia in 1685 with his wife and five children.