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![Show Contents]() Greenfeild History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Early Origins of the Greenfeild familyThe surname Greenfeild was first found in Suffolk where Peter de Grenefeld was listed in the Feet of Fines for 1242. Later, John de Grenefeud was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1296. The name literally means "dweller by the green field." 1 The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 including Willelmus Grenefeld and Elena Grenefeld as holding lands there at that time. 2 William of Greenfield (d. 1315), was "Archbishop of York and Chancellor, was of good family and a kinsman of Archbishop Walter Giffard, and of Bishop Godfrey Giffard of Worcester. The statement that he was born in Cornwall is probably due to a confusion of him with the Grenvilles. A more probable conjecture connects him with a hamlet which bears his name in Lincolnshire." 3 Indeed, Greenfield is a hamlet, "in the parish of Aby, union of Louth, Marsh division of the hundred of Calceworth, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln." 4 Early History of the Greenfeild familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Greenfeild research. Another 162 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1079, 1091, 1399, 1510, 1528 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Greenfeild History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Greenfeild Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Greenfield, Greenfeild, Greenville, Greenvile and others. Early Notables of the Greenfeild familyMore information is included under the topic Early Greenfeild Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Greenfeild migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Greenfeild Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Greenfeild, who arrived in Virginia in 1638 5
- Jane Greenfeild, who landed in Virginia in 1664 5
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- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- 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)
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