Early Origins of the Cumberworthy family
The surname Cumberworthy was first found in West
Yorkshire at Upper Cumberworth or Lower Cumberworth, both small villages that date back collectively to the
Domesday Book of 1086 where they were listed as Cumbreuurde.
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8) Alternatively, the surname's origin could lie in Cumberworth, a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of
Lincolnshire. This
local was listed as Combreuorde in the
Domesday Book.
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8) In all cases, the place names derive their origin from the Old English
personal name "Cumbre" + "worth" as in "enclosure of a man called Cumbra, or of the Britons."
[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Early History of the Cumberworthy family
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Cumberworthy Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Comberworth, Comerworth, Comberworthy, Comerworthy, Cumberworth and many more.
Early Notables of the Cumberworthy family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Cumberworthy family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..