The surname Greenlan was first found in Sussex 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 1400 when John Greenland held estates in that county.
Early History of the Greenlan family
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Greenlan Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Greenland, Greenlan, Grenland, Greinland and others.
Early Notables of the Greenlan family
the Greenland family of Sussex
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Migration of the Greenlan family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 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..
