Frestin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Frestin family

The surname Frestin was first found in South Lincolnshire, where the name is generally thought to have originated in Frieston, a parish, in the union of Boston, wapentake of Skirbeck, in parts of Holland. 1 Alternatively the name could have been "a modification of Frithestan, the Anglo-Saxon personal name." 2

Early History of the Frestin family

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Frestin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Frestin have been found, including Freston, Freeston, Freestone, Freeson and others.

Early Notables of the Frestin family

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Migration of the Frestin family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Frestin, or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.