Owles History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Owles family

The surname Owles was first found in Suffolk 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 13th century when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Owles family

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Owles Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Owle, Owl, Owler, Howl, Howle and others.

Early Notables of the Owles family

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Owles migration to the United States +

Owles Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Robert Owles, who landed in Virginia in 1622 2

Owles migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Third Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Third Fleet

Mr. John Owles, (b. 1752), aged 35, English settler convicted in Croydon, South London on 20th July 1785, sentenced for 7 years for helped a prisoner escape, transported aboard the ship "Alexander" leaving in 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1788 1

Sources +

Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
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)