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Early Origins of the Grimble family

The surname Grimble was first found in Staffordshire where the family name was first referenced in the year 1086 when Grimbaldus held a family seat in that shire. Saint Grimbald (Grimwald) (820?-903) was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Bertin near Saint-Omer, France. He was invited by Alfred to England but declined the Diocese of Canterbury. His son, King Edward the Elder appointed him abbot of the New Minster at Winchester and he died in the year of its dedication. 1

Early History of the Grimble family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Grimble research. Another 135 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1296, 1455, 1485, 1487, 1519 and 1562 are included under the topic Early Grimble History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Grimble Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grimbald, Grimble, Gribble, Grimball, Grimbell, Grimbaud, Grimbalde, Grimald and many more.

Early Notables of the Grimble family

Distinguished members of the family include Nicholas Grimald, Grimalde or Grimoald (1519-1562), English poet, born in Huntingdonshire in 1519, probably son of Giovanni Baptista Grimaldi, a clerk in...
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United States Grimble migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grimble Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • William Grimble, who arrived in Virginia in 1665 2
Grimble Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • William Grimble, aged 24, who landed in New York in 1812 2


  1. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  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)


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