Frognall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Frognall family

The surname Frognall was first found in Kent where Henry de ffrogenhole was recorded in 1262. The name is thought to have originated at Frog’s Hole in Goudhurst. 1

However, another source disagrees with this origin, noting the name could have originated at Frognall, a hamlet in Lincolnshire.

In the New World, Frognall is the name of a large boom-era mansion located at 54 Mont Albert Road in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury, Australia. We can find no reason for the eponym. Frognal House is a Jacobean mansion in London, England, built in the early 16th century.

Early History of the Frognall family

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Frognall Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Frognall include Frognall, Frogenall, Frogenhall, Froghall, Frogull and many more.

Early Notables of the Frognall family

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Migration of the Frognall family

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: 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..

Contemporary Notables of the name Frognall (post 1700) +

Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847), English bibliographer, born in Calcutta to Thomas Dibdin, the sailor brother of the composer Charles Dibdin

Sources +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)