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Early Origins of the Firest family

The surname Firest was first found in Cumberland where they held a family seat on the English/Scottish border. After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient no-man's land. Notable families such as the Percy, the Umfravilles and the Nevilles gathered many supporting clans around them. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'. In that century, many of those clans drove their herds south, and they settled in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The name was first recorded in Lancashire when Henry Fairhurst was recorded in the Preston area.

Early History of the Firest family

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Firest Spelling Variations

The name Firest, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt Fairhurst, Fairest, Firest, Ferest, Ferhurst and many more.

Early Notables of the Firest family

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Migration of the Firest family

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 Firest family, or who bore a variation of the surname Firest were settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.

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