Gingle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Gingle

What does the name Gingle mean?

The Gingle surname is of uncertain origins, but is thought to be a local name for someone "of Gingdale, some spot in Wiltshire or Gloucestershire. I have not identified the place, but Gingell is thus originated. The surname is still closely connected with the district in which it arose." 1

Early Origins of the Gingle family

The surname Gingle was first found in Wiltshire where Michael de Gingedale was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 1

Another source notes: "Godart de Ginkell, Baron de Reede, came with William, Prince of Orange, into England. He accompanied him to Ireland, where he besieged and took Athlone, for which service he was created Earl of Athlone." 2

So as to underline this reference, we found that not all of the family ventured to England as the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae notes that Ralph and Ranulph Gansell of Normandy, France in 1198. 3

Early History of the Gingle family

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Gingle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gingell, Gingold, Gingle, Gingen, Ginkell and many more.

Early Notables of the Gingle family

Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone (1630-1703), eldest son of Godard Adriaan van Reede, Baron Ginkel, born at Utrecht in 1630. He was educated for a military career, and took part in the battle of Senef in...
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Migration of the Gingle family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Gingen, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1646; and other immigrants who settled along the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, and the Carolinas..

Sources +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)