The name Cassley first arose amongst the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is derived from their having lived in the settlement of Kearsley in Lancashire. The surname Cassley belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxonhabitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Early Origins of the Cassley family
The surname Cassley was first found in Lancashire at Kearsley, now part of Greater Manchester. The first records of the place were found in 1187 when it was spelt Cherselawe and a few years later as Kereleie (c. 1220. ) The name literally means "clearing where cress grows" having derived from the Old English words caerse + leah. 1 There is another Kearsley, a township in the parish of Stamfordham, in Northumberland, but this township has remained rather small in comparison as a census in the late 1800s listed only 11 inhabitants, while the former township in Lancashire had 3,436 inhabitants in the same census.
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Early History of the Cassley family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cassley research. Another 87 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1210 is included under the topic Early Cassley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Cassley Spelling Variations
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Cassley has appeared include Kearsley, Kearsey, Keasley, Kersley and others.
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Early Notables of the Cassley family
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Migration of the Cassley family
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Cassley arrived in North America very early: James Kearsley settled in Philadelphia in 1859.
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