Blates History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Blates

What does the name Blates mean?

The ancestry of the name Blates dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in Yorkshire, where they settled in a place called Blades, which is now lost. Many of the place-names that yield surnames are of small communities, villages and hamlets and some of these no longer exist. The family claim descent from Drago de Bewere, a Danish nobleman who settled at a place called Blades in north England around 1016. He obtained extensive land grants which were recorded in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086. The variant Burseblades emerged through a compounding of the names of the founder and the estate.

Early Origins of the Blates family

The surname Blates was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Blates family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blates research. Another 113 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1297 and 1562 are included under the topic Early Blates History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Blates Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Blates have been found, including Blades, Blade, Blate, Blait, Blayde, Blaide, Blaydes, Blaites, Blaits, Blaides and many more.

Early Notables of the Blates family

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Migration of the Blates family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Blates, or a variant listed above: Timothy Blade who settled in Virginia in 1654; John and William Blades settled in Virginia in 1652; Antony Blades settled in Barbados in 1634; along with Nicholas..