Belfore History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Belfore family

The surname Belfore was first found in Northumberland where they were Lords of the manor of Belford, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Belfore family

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Belfore Spelling Variations

The name, Belfore, occurred in many references, and from time to time, it was spelt Belford, Belfurd, Belforde, Bellford and others.

Early Notables of the Belfore family

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Belfore migration to the United States +

The New World beckoned settlers from the Scottish-English borders. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships." Among the early settlers bearing the Belfore surname who came to North America were:

Belfore Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Samuel Belfore, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1852 1

Sources +

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)