Langvilles History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Langvilles

What does the name Langvilles mean?

The Langvilles name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Langworth, Lincolnshire 1 where the first record was found in Saxon time as Longwathe c. 1055. The place name literally means "long ford," from the Viking "langr" +"vathe." 2 The place name Langwith are related and are found in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, but these places are recorded after the Lincolnshire parish.

Early Origins of the Langvilles family

The surname Langvilles was first found in Lincolnshire where William de Langwathe was recorded in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 3 Later in Nottinghamshire, Thomas Langworth was recorded in 1463. 4

"The Langworthys were established in Ashburton and its neighbourhood in the 16th and 17th centuries. Alexander Langworthy was an Ashburton churchwarden in 1563; and the name was represented in Widecombe in the 16th and 17th centuries." 5

Early History of the Langvilles family

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Langvilles Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Langvilles has undergone many spelling variations, including Langworth, Langworthy and others.

Early Notables of the Langvilles family

Benjamin Langwith (1684?-1743), English antiquary and natural philosopher, a Yorkshireman, born about 1684. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, and elected fellow and tutor (Cooper, Memorials of Cambridge, i. 314). He graduated B.A. in 1704, M.A. in 1708, B.D. in 1716, and D.D. in 1717 (Cantabr. Graduati, 1787, p. 233). Thoresby placed his son under his care, but was obliged to remove him, owing to Langwith's negligence. He was instituted to the rectory of Petworth, Sussex, in 1718 (Dallaway, Rape of Arundel, ed...
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Migration of the Langvilles family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Langvilles were among those contributors: Francis Langworth settled in Virginia in 1635; Nicholas Langworthy settled in Barbados with his wife and servants in 1680; S.S. Langworthy arrived in New York in 1823..

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Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.