Crossfield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Crossfield family

Early History of the Crossfield family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Crossfield research. Another 49 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1597, 1618, 1635, 1655 and 1669 are included under the topic Early Crossfield History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Crossfield 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 Crossfield family name include Crossfield, Crosfield, Crosfeild and others.

Early Notables of the Crossfield family

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Migration of the Crossfield family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Crossfield surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Ann Crosfield who sailed to America in 1702.