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![Show Contents]() Bargrave History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Bargrave is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Bargrave family once lived in Hertfordshire, where they held lands and a family seat at Bygrave. Originally the surname was derived from the Old English word biggrafau which meant dweller by the ditch. This name is a toponymic, surname, which is derived from nearby geographical features. Early Origins of the Bargrave familyThe surname Bargrave was first found in Hertfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Bygrave in that shire. The name in Saxon was "Biggrafan" having nothing to do with the grave or being by a grave. Before the Norman Conquest Leommaer Bygrave held a family seat at Bygrave in the year 1015, and most likely gave his name to the village of that name. At the time of the taking of the Domesday Book the Bygraves held their land which consisted of a village and a mill from the Bishop of Chester. Early History of the Bargrave familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bargrave research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1312, 1586, 1610, 1643 and 1680 are included under the topic Early Bargrave History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bargrave Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bargrave family name include Bygrove, Bygroves, Bygrave, Bygraves, Bigrove, Bigroves, Bigrave, Bigraves, Bargrave and many more. Early Notables of the Bargrave familyDistinguished members of the family include - Isaac Bargrave (1586-1643), English divine, Dean of Canterbury, the sixth son of Robert Bargrave, of Bridge, Kent
- John Bargrave (1610-1680), was an English author and collector, canon of Canterbury Cathedral, a nephew of Isaac Bargrave. He was also born in Kent. 1
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bargrave surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Bargrave Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Bargrave, who arrived in Virginia in 1621 2
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- 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)
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Bargrave migration to the United States 
