| ![Show Contents]() Eagleton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
This surname is derived from a geographical locality as in 'of Egleton,' a chapelry in the parish of Oakham, Rutland and a township in the parish of Bishops Frome, Herefordshire. 1 2 3 The Leicestershire local dates back to 1218, when it was known as Egoluestun. 4 Egglestone Abbey is a former Premonstratensian Abbey on the southern Yorkshire bank of the River Tees, now in ruins. Early Origins of the Eagleton familyThe surname Eagleton was first found in Leicestershire where Robert de Egelton was listed as a Freeman in 1225. Simon de Egilton was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls for Huntingdonshire in 1255 as later in Cornwall, Roger de Egilton was listed there in 1297. 5 Another source notes that in Rutland, the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Simon de Egilton as holding lands there at that time. 1 Thomas of Eccleston (fl. 1250), was a Franciscan monk who studied at Oxford, and entered the Franciscan order probably soon after its settlement in England. "His work, for which he was collecting materials for twenty-five years, is dedicated to Simon de Esseby; it gives a narrative of some thirty years of the settlement of the Franciscans in England, describing their work and their poverty with the vividness of an eye-witness. " 6 Early History of the Eagleton familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eagleton research. Another 195 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1260, 1581, 1603, 1610, 1623, 1659, 1677, 1679, 1688, 1697, 1712, 1731, 1737 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Eagleton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Eagleton Spelling VariationsThe name Eagleton, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt Eagleton, Eaglestone, Eglestone, Egglestone and many more. Early Notables of the Eagleton familyNotable amongst the family name during their early history was William Ecclestone or Egglestone (fl. 1610 - 1623), an English actor in English Renaissance theatre, a member of Shakespeare's company the King's Men.Thomas Eccleston (1659-1743), Jesuit, only son of Henry Eccleston, Esq., of Eccleston Hall, Lancashire, by Eleanor, daughter of Robert Blundell, Esq., of Ince Blundell, was born in 1659. "He was educated in the college of St. Omer, and afterwards continued his studies for two years (1677-1679) in the English College at Rome. During the wars in Ireland, after the revolution of 1688, he held a captain's commission...
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Some of the Eagleton family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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The New World beckoned as many of the settlers in Ireland, known as the Scotch/Irish, became disenchanted. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships." Amongst the early settlers who could be considered kinsmen of the Eagleton family, or who bore a variation of the surname Eagleton were Eagleton Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Joseph Eagleton, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1749
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Eagleton Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Daniel Eagleton, English convict from London, who was transported aboard the "Adelaide" on August 08, 1849, settling in Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip, Australia 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Eagleton (post 1700) | + |
- Florence Peshine Eagleton (1870-1956), American leader in the woman suffrage movement and advocated women's higher education, eponym of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University
- William Lester Eagleton Jr. (1926-2011), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 8
- W. L. Eagleton, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma Territory, 1904 8
- Thomas Francis Eagleton (1929-2007), American Democratic Party politician, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1965-69; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1969-87; Nominee for Vice President of the United States 1972 8
- Richard Ernest Eagleton (b. 1930), American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Circuit Judge in Illinois, 1963; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1965-69 8
- Leander O. Eagleton, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1918 8
- John T. Eagleton, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly, 1906-09 8
- J. C. Eagleton, American politician, Circuit Judge in Illinois 2nd Circuit, 1919-25 8
- Terry Eagleton (b. 1943), English literary critic and philosopher teaching at the University of Manchester
- Stephen Eagleton (b. 1976), retired Australian association football player from Sydney, New South Wales
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- Mr. William Eagleton, Newfoundlander from St. John's, who on the 30th March 1914 he was part of the Seal Crew of the "SS Newfoundland" leaving the ship to intercept the Stephano which took him to the hunting grounds, he disembarked to begin sealing, but was caught in a thickening storm, attempting to return to the Newfoundland he and the 132 crew made camp for two days the sealers were stranded on the ice in a blizzard attempting to return to the ship, he survived
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- State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 17) Adelaide voyage to Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip, Australia in 1849 with 303 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/adelaide/1849
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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