Contents [hide]

Corfield History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

United States Canada Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Corfield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Corfield family

The surname Corfield was first found in Shropshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the village and lands of Corfham of the river Corve, held by Earl Roger, a Norman Baron, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. The holding later became known as Corfield or Corfhull. Corfe Castle is a ruinous castle in the village and civil parish named Corfe Castle, Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates back to the 11th century and is today protected as a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Early History of the Corfield family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Corfield research. Another 104 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1250, 1580, 1740, 1782, 1792, 1804 and 1820 are included under the topic Early Corfield History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Corfield Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Corfield, Corfham, Corve, Corfe, Corfhull, Corful, Corfull, Cawfield, Cafield and many more.

Early Notables of the Corfield family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Joseph Corfe, born in 1740 at Salisbury, was one of the choristers at the cathedral there under Dr. John Stephens, organist and master of the boys. In 1782, he was appointed Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. [App. p.598 adds that "he sang in the Handel Commemmoration."] In 1792 he succeeded Robert Parry as organist and master of the choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, which...
Another 71 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Corfield Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Corfield migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Corfield Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Thomas Corfield, who landed in Virginia in 1717 1

Corfield Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Cornelius Corfield, aged 60, who settled in America from Manchester, in 1900
Hy James Corfield, aged 48, who settled in America from Shrewsbury, in 1904
William R. Corfield, aged 63, who landed in America from Chepstow, England, in 1904
Rita Corfield, aged 6, who landed in America from Sracomb, England, in 1910
Joe Corfield, aged 4, who landed in America from Sracomb, England, in 1910
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Corfield migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Corfield Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Simeon Corfield, aged 32, who immigrated to Niagara Falls, Canada, in 1916

Corfield migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Corfield Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Frederick Corfield, English convict who was convicted in Shropshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Blundell" on 13th March 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 2

Corfield migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Corfield Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Robert Corfield, (b. 1847), aged 27, English settler from Essex travelling from London aboard the ship "Sussex" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 17th July 1874 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Corfield (post 1700) +

Charles "Nick" Corfield, American mathematician, computer programmer, and founder of several startup companies in Silicon Valley
Sidney Corfield (1883-1941), English footballer who played from 1900 to 1915
The Right Rev. Bernard Conyngham Corfield, English Bishop of Travancore and Cochin from 1938 to 1944
Richard Corfield (b. 1962), English scientist, science writer and broadcaster
Corrie Kear Ware Corfield (b. 1961), English BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer and newsreader
William Henry Corfield (1843-1927), English-born, Australian politician, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gregory (1885-1899)
William Henry Corfield (1843-1903), English hygienist, Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at University College London in 1869
Sir Kenneth Corfield, English businessman, founder of K. G. Corfield Ltd, a camera and lens manufacturing company based in Wolverhampton in the 1948
William Corfield, English football defender in the late 1800s
Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield KCIE, CSI, MC (1893-1980), British civil servant and the private secretary to several viceroys of India, including Lord Mountbatten
... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/blundell
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html