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Berkenshaw Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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Early Origins of the Berkenshaw family

The surname Berkenshaw was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, 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 Berkenshaw family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Berkenshaw research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) covering the year 1529 is included under the topic Early Berkenshaw History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Berkenshaw Spelling Variations

Prior to the first dictionaries, scribes spelled words according to sound. This, and the fact that Scottish names were repeatedly translated from Gaelic to English and back, contributed to the enormous number of spelling variations in Scottish names. Berkenshaw has been spelled Birkenshaw, Birkinshaw, Birkshaw, Burdenshaw and others.

Early Notables of the Berkenshaw family

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Migration of the Berkenshaw family to Ireland

Some of the Berkenshaw family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Berkenshaw family

In such difficult times, the difficulties of raising the money to cross the Atlantic to North America did not seem so large compared to the problems of keeping a family together in Scotland. It was a journey well worth the cost, since it was rewarded with land and freedom the Scots could not find at home. The American War of Independence solidified that freedom, and many of those settlers went on to play important parts in the forging of a great nation. Among them: Richard Burchenshaw settled in Virginia in 1642.


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