The name Blagy is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the village and parish of Blakey Ridge, in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
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Early Origins of the Blagy family
The surname Blagy was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Early History of the Blagy family
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Blagy Spelling Variations
Sound 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 Blagy family name include Blakey, Blakie, Blaiky, Blaike, Blakye, Blaikie and others.
Early Notables of the Blagy family
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Migration of the Blagy family
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Blagy surname or a spelling variation of the name include : George Blaikie who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807; James Blakie settled in Philadelphia in 1799.
