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![Show Contents]() Kilingwithay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Kilingwithay familyThe surname Kilingwithay was first found in Northumberland where Killingworth is a township in the parish of Long Benton. "It is situated on a commanding eminence, in the midst of a fertile and pleasing tract of country. An extensive colliery belonging to Lord Ravensworth and partners is in full operation, employing about 600 men and boys." [1] Early rolls revealed: Adam de Kellyngworthe in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273; and Thomas de Killingworth was vicar of Windham as listed in the Feet of Fines of 1388. [2] John Chillingworth (fl. 1360), was an early English "mathematician, a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, where he studied with great diligence, and founded a school of zealous promoters of mathematical inquiries. He wrote learned treatises on astrology, rejected the extravagances, but retaining what he judged to be the sane substratum, of the science." [3] John Chillingworth (d. 1445), was another English "astronomer, who trod in the footsteps and inherited the fame of his predecessor of the same name, with whom he has sometimes been confounded. Like him, he was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and like him he cultivated with especial predilection mathematical studies. " [3] The Feet of Fines of 1561 list Thomas de Killingworth, in Norfolk. [4] Early History of the Kilingwithay familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kilingwithay research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1602, 1644, 1618, 1620 and 1628 are included under the topic Early Kilingwithay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Kilingwithay Spelling VariationsAlthough the name, Kilingwithay, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Killingworth, Chillingworth, Shillingworth and others. Early Notables of the Kilingwithay family (pre 1700)Notable amongst the family name during their early history was William Chillingworth (1602-1644), English theologian, the son of a well-to-do citizen of Oxford, who afterwards held the office of mayor, and must have been a man of literary or theological interests, as Laud, at that time fellow of St. John's College, acted as...
Another 52 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Kilingwithay Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Kilingwithay familyGradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Kilingwithay family name Kilingwithay, or who bore a variation of the surname were Richard Chillingworth who settled in Virginia in 1774; Edward Killingworth settled in Maryland in 1691.
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- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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