Margery History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Margery family

The surname Margery was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Norman influence of English history dominated after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. The family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Margery family

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Margery Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Margery, Margary, Margrie, Margree, Margree, Marjory, Marjary and many more.

Early Notables of the Margery family

the Margery family of Suffolk

Migration of the Margery 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..

Contemporary Notables of the name Margery (post 1700) +

Jane Margery Wynne FRCP (1944-2009), English community paediatrician
Nova Margery Pilbeam (1919-2015), British film and stage actress, known for her leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock movies of the 1930s
Ellen Margery McCulloch OAM (1930-2005), Australian nature writer and amateur ornithologist
Marion Margery Scranton (b. 1884), American Republican politician, Member of Pennsylvania Republican State Committee, 1922-34; Vice-chair of Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1926-28 1
Margery de Burgh (1224-1252), Norman-Irish noblewoman
Dame Margery Merlyn Baillieu Myer DBE (1900-1982), née Baillieu, Australian philanthropist, wife of Sidney Myer, the founder of Myer, Australia's largest chain of department stores.
Margery Allingham (1904-1966), English crime writer from Ealing, London
Margery Ayscough, English maternal grandmother of Sir Isaac Newton; she raised him from an early age after his mother Hannah Ayscough left to marry Reverend Barnabas Smith
Dame Margery Freda Perham DCMG CBE FBA (1895-1982), British historian and writer of African affairs

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html