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![Show Contents]() Jewesburay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Jewesburay is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the township of Duxbury, in the parish of Standish in the county of Lancashire. Early Origins of the Jewesburay familyThe surname Jewesburay was first found in Lancashire at Duxbury, a township, in the district chapelry of Adlington, parish of Standish, union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland. "Duxbury gave name at an early period to a family, of whom Adam, in the reign of Edward I., held a moiety of the town.'" 1 A later branch of the family was found in the township of Gransmoor in the East Riding of Yorkshire. There, W. D. Thornton Duesbery, Esq., originally of Skelton, near York is Lord of the Manor and he benevolently had a schoolroom built at his expense. 1 Early History of the Jewesburay familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jewesburay research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1729 is included under the topic Early Jewesburay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Jewesburay Spelling VariationsSound 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 Jewesburay family name include Duxbury, Dewsbury, Dusebury, Dusbury, Jewsbury and others. Early Notables of the Jewesburay familyMore information is included under the topic Early Jewesburay Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Jewesburay family to Ireland
Some of the Jewesburay family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Jewesburay familyFor 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 Jewesburay surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Robert Duxbury who landed in Philadelphia in 1868; Thomas Duxbury landed in the same port in 1872; John Dewsbury arrived in New Jersey in 1677; William Dewsbury arrived in Philadelphia in 1880..
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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