Fieldgate History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Ireland

Early Origins of the Fieldgate family

Early History of the Fieldgate family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fieldgate research. Another 102 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Fieldgate History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fieldgate Spelling Variations

Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Fieldgate include Fieldgate, Fellgate, Felgate, Fellgett, Filgate, Fieldgett, Feelgate, Fielgate, Fillgate and many more.

Early Notables of the Fieldgate family

Distinguished members of the family include

• Fieldgate of Norfolk

Migration of the Fieldgate family to Ireland

Some of the Fieldgate family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 69 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Fieldgate family

Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Fieldgate were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.