| ![Show Contents]() Gatwood History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Gatwood familyThe surname Gatwood was first found in Essex 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 1255 when Richard le Gateward held estates in that county. Early History of the Gatwood familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gatwood research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1455, 1487 and 1524 are included under the topic Early Gatwood History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gatwood Spelling VariationsSound 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 Gatwood family name include Gatward, Gatewood, Gatwood, Gateward, Gattward and many more. Early Notables of the Gatwood familyMore information is included under the topic Early Gatwood Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Gatwood migration to the United States | + |
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 Gatwood surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Gatwood Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Gatwood, who landed in Virginia in 1666 1
| Gatwood migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Gatwood Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Mr. Gatwood, British settler travelling from Britsol aboard the ship "Wave Queen" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th August 1872 2
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
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Gatwood migration to the United States 
Gatwood migration to New Zealand 
