The surname Osgoodby 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 1219 when Sylvester Osgoteby held estates in the East Riding of that shire.
Early History of the Osgoodby family
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Osgoodby Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Osgoodby, Osgerby, Osgarby, Oscarby, Osgoodbie, Osgoteby, Hosgoodby, Hosgerby, Hosegoodby, Osgodby, Hosgodby, Osgoby and many more.
Early Notables of the Osgoodby family
the Osgoodby family of Yorkshire
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Migration of the Osgoodby 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..
