Golbee History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Golbee

What does the name Golbee mean?

Golbee is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Colby, a parish in the county of Norfolk.

Early Origins of the Golbee family

The surname Golbee was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Golbee family

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Golbee 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 Golbee family name include Colby, Colbey, Coalby and others.

Early Notables of the Golbee family

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Migration of the Golbee family

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 Golbee surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Anthony Colby and his wife Susannah who settled at Salem Massachusetts in 1630; Henry Colby settled in New England in 1633; Anne Colby settled in Virginia in 1655..