Damerall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Damerall family

The surname Damerall was first found in Devon at Milton Damerell, a parish, in the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Black Torrington. 1

"Milton" was frequently used in ancient days as it meant "middle farmstead or estate." 2 The parish dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first listed as Mideltone but by 1301 it was listed as Middleton Aubermarle for these were lands originally held by Robert d'Aubermarle (Robert de Alba Marula) in 1086. 3 4 At that time, the holding was worth 30 cattle and 25 goats.

"Damerell is said to be a corruption of D'Albemarle, the name of an ancient family owning the manor of Milton, in Marytavy, from the 11th to the 13th century, from whom the parishes of Milton Damerel and Stoke Damerel, in part derived their names." 5

The manor of "Flete, [in the parish of Modbury, Devon] the most important estate in the parish, continued in the Damerells from the Conquest till the reign of Edward III." 6

Early English rolls provide us a glimpse of the spelling variations used through Medieval times. By example, Reginald de Aumarle was listed in the Assize Rolls of Somerset in 1243; and Bernullus de Aumeryl was found in Lancashire in the 13th century. "From Aumale (Seine-Inférieure), earlier Alba Margila [in Normandy]. The fuller form is preserved in the title of the Duke of Albemarle. Hinton Admiral (Hants) preserves the surname without the preposition." 4

Indeed Hinton Admiral is a "chapelry, in the parish, union, and hundred of Christchurch, Ringwood and S. divisions of the county of Southampton." 1

Early History of the Damerall family

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Damerall Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Damerall, Damerall, Damiral, Dammeral, Dammerall, Demrel, Damrell, Damerley, Damerly, Dammerley, Dammerly, Daumale, d'Aumale, Damall and many more.

Early Notables of the Damerall family

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Damerall migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7

Damerall Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Thomas Damerall, who settled in Barbados in 1679

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Worth, R.N., A History of Devonshire London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G., 1895. Digital
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies