| ![Show Contents]() Onley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Onley familyThe surname Onley was first found in Buckinghamshire at Olney, a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes. The place dates back to 979 where it was listed as Ollanege. By the time of the Domesday Book, the place name had evolved to Olnei 1 which meant "island, or dry ground in a marsh, of a man called Olla," derived from the Old English personal name + eg. 2 On November 4th, 1643, Olney was the site of the Battle of Olney Bridge, a skirmish in the First English Civil War. The town has a long history as a lace-making centre, but is best known as the place where the Olney Hymns were written. John Newton (1725-1807), author of the hymn Amazing Grace was curate of Olney. Some of the family were found in Weston-Underwood in early times. "The church [of Weston-Underwood] is a neat structure, built by Sir John Olney in the 14th century." 3 Early History of the Onley familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Onley research. Another 175 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1272, 1600, 1635, 1647, 1682, 1697, 1698, 1703, 1704, 1726, 1729, 1747, 1771, 1785, 1800, 1802, 1803, 1814 and 1877 are included under the topic Early Onley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Onley Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Olney, Onley, Oneley, Ongley and others. Early Notables of the Onley familyNotables of this surname at this time include: Thomas Olney (ca. 1600-1682), English settler to America in 1635 aboard the ship "planter," an early minister at the First Baptist Church in America and co-founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.Sir Samuel Ongley (1647-1726), of Old Warden, Bedfordshire and Mincing Lane, London, was an English politician. Born in Maidstone, Kent, he became a London merchant. In 1698 he purchased the Old Warden Estate from Paulet St John, Earl of Bolingbroke. He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire (1703-1704.) Samuel Ongley (1697-1747), of Old Warden, Bedfordshire, was...
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 Onley migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Onley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Onley, who landed in Maryland in 1633-1641 4
- Edward Onley, who arrived in Virginia in 1648 4
- Mary Onley, who landed in Maryland in 1669 4
- Michael Onley, who arrived in Maryland in 1669 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Onley (post 1700) | + |
- David Charles Onley CM OOnt (1950-2023), Canadian television journalist and diplomat, the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (2007-2014)
- Leslie William Onley, Australian weather observer at Mawson Station in 1959, eponym of Onley Hill, Antarctica
- Ken Onley (1914-1981), Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorne in 1934
- Toni Onley OC (1928-2004), Manx-born, Canadian painter noted for his landscapes and abstract works
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Onley migration to the United States 
