| ![Show Contents]() Buttersfield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of ButtersfieldWhat does the name Buttersfield mean? The Anglo-Saxon name Buttersfield comes from when the family resided in Butterfield, a place in the West Riding of Yorkshire now lost to the modern map. 1 The surname was also familiar in Lancashire, where it is still quite common today. The place-name undoubtedly referred to a meadow particularly suited to dairy cows resulting in exceptional production of milk, cream, and butter. 2 Early Origins of the Buttersfield familyThe surname Buttersfield was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire where the earliest record of the family was found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. Willelmus de Botterfeld and Isabella Botterfeld, both held lands there at that time. 3 While there is no doubt that Yorkshire is the homeland of the Buttersfield family, we would be remiss is we did not mention that Hugh de Buteresfeld was recorded in the Pipe Rolls for Berkshire in 1199. Later in Berkshire, Phillip de Butterfeld was recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls for 1231. 1 Early History of the Buttersfield familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Buttersfield research. Another 122 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1199, 1231, 1300, 1379, 1611 and 1629 are included under the topic Early Buttersfield History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Buttersfield Spelling VariationsThe 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. Buttersfield has been recorded under many different variations, including Butterfield, Buttersfield, Botterfield, Boutterfield and many more. Early Notables of the Buttersfield familyRobert Butterfield (fl. 1629), an English controversialist who received his academical education at St. John's College, Cambridge. 4
Swithun Butterfield (d. 1611), was a miscellaneous writer and is presumed to have...
Another 29 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Buttersfield Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Buttersfield familyFor 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 Buttersfield or a variant listed above: Henry Butterfeild who arrived in Virginia in 1623; Richard Butterfeild, who came to Virginia in 1670; and Henry Butterfeild, who arrived in Virginia in 1699.
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
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