Ferwell is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Ferwell family once lived near a pleasant spring or stream. The name Ferwell is derived from two Old English elements: fæger, which means fair or beautiful; and well, which was the name for a spring. There is a parish Farewell in Staffordshire, two miles from Lichfield.
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Early Origins of the Ferwell family
The surname Ferwell was first found in Staffordshire at Farewell, a parish, in the union of Lichfield, S. division of the hundred of Offlow. The earliest record of the place was in 1200 when it was listed as Fagerwell. 1
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Early History of the Ferwell family
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Ferwell 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 Ferwell family name include Farewell, Farwell, Fairwell and others.
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Early Notables of the Ferwell family
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Migration of the Ferwell 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 Ferwell surname or a spelling variation of the name include: James Farewell settled in Barbados in 1680 with his wife and servants.
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