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Flintoff Early Origins

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The surname Flintoff was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 13th century in the Yarm district of North Yorkshire.

Flintoff 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 Flintoff family name include Flintoff, Flitcroft, Flinton, Flintham, Flintard, Flintarne and many more.

Flintoff Early History

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Flintoff Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

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 Flintoff surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Flintoff Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Flintoff, aged 38, who landed in America, in 1893
Mrs. Flintoff, aged 36, who landed in America, in 1893

Flintoff Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

John Flintoff, aged 21, who emigrated to America from Darlington, in 1906
Thomas Ainsworth Flintoff, aged 28, who settled in America from Blackpool, England, in 1911
Florence G. Flintoff, aged 18, who emigrated to the United States, in 1911
William Flintoff, aged 22, who emigrated to the United States, in 1919
William C. Flintoff, aged 21, who settled in America, in 1920
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Flintoff Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Christ Flintoff, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1774

Flintoff Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Christopher Flintoff, who landed in Canada in 1816

Contemporary Notables of the name Flintoff (post 1700)

Corey Flintoff (b. 1946), American newscaster
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE (b. 1977), English cricketer
Debbie Flintoff -King (b. 1960), Australian hurdler
John-Paul Flintoff, British author, broadcaster and journalist

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Other References

Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. Print.
Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Flintoff Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Flintoff Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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