The surname Merfeld was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1086 when 3 Englishmen (Saxons) held the estates from Ilbert de Lacy who held the village after the Norman Conquest. Succeeding was Wluric of Mirfield in 1211.
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Early History of the Merfeld family
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Merfeld Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Mirfield, Mirrfield, Myrfield, Merfield, Merefield and many more.
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Early Notables of the Merfeld family
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Migration of the Merfeld 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 Merfeld (post 1700)
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Steve Merfeld, American former assistant basketball coach at Bradley University
England
