The name Blackleach dates back to the days of the
Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name derives from the
Anglo-Saxon Blæcleah which meant "dark wood" or "dark clearing". The hamlet of Blackley was mentioned in the
Domesday Book and little growth of the community was seen until the 19th century. By the middle of the 17th century Blackley was a village of just 107 inhabitants. Today Blackley is a suburb of Manchester with a population of over 10,000 people. There is also a hamlet named Blackey in West
Yorkshire.
Early Origins of the Blackleach family
The surname Blackleach was first found in
Lancashire where they held a
family seat from very ancient times, some say before the
Norman Conquest in 1066. Blakesley Hall is a Tudor hall on Blakesley Road in Yardley, Birmingham,
England. Originally a timber-framed farmhouse, it was built in 1590.
Early History of the Blackleach family
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Blackleach Spelling Variations
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. Blackleach has been recorded under many different variations, including Blackley, Blakely, Blakley, Blacklee, Blackely, Blackledge, Blacklege, Blatchly and many more.
Early Notables of the Blackleach family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Blackleach family to Ireland
Some of the Blackleach family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Blackleach family to the New World and Oceana
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 Blackleach or a variant listed above:
Blackleach Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- John Blackleach, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1635 [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)
Contemporary Notables of the name Blackleach (post 1700)
- Blackleach Burritt (1744-1794), American patriot preacher during the American Revolutionary War