The ancestry of the name Bareley dates from the ancient
Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the county of
Hertfordshire, where they took their name from the parish of
Barley. Barley is also a village in the borough of Pendle, in
Lancashire which dates back to 1266.
Early Origins of the Bareley family
The surname Bareley was first found in
Hertfordshire, and perhaps
Essex where Borley is a village and civil parish. Many of the family claim descent from the village and civil parish of Albury.
Early History of the Bareley family
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Bareley Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few
hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Bareley have been found, including Barley, Barly, Barely, Barle, Barlay and others.
Early Notables of the Bareley family (pre 1700)
Notables of the family at this time include William Barley (1451-1521) of Albury,
Hertfordshire. He was attainted of treason for his support of Perkin Warbeck and lost all his lands. Pardoned in 1501, he was once again in possession of his lands, including the manors of Wicken, Elsenham, Albury, Wickhamstead and...
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Migration of the Bareley family to the New World and Oceana
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in
England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in
England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Bareley, or a variant listed above:
Bareley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Robert Bareley, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)