The origins of the Oxleigh name come from when the Anglo-Saxon tribes ruled over Britain. The name Oxleigh was originally derived from a family having lived in the parish of Bysshebury in Staffordshire, where they held lands and a family seat at Oxley. Oxleigh is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. In this case the original bearers of the surname were the dwellers near the ox-meadow.
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Early Origins of the Oxleigh family
The surname Oxleigh was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
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Early History of the Oxleigh family
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Oxleigh Spelling Variations
Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Oxleigh include Oxley, Oxly, Oxleigh and others.
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Early Notables of the Oxleigh family
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Migration of the Oxleigh family
A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: Elizabeth Oxley her husband Thomas and daughter settled in Portsmouth Virginia in 1820; Thomas and Margaret Oxley settled in Maryland in 1731; William Oxley settled in New Jersey in 1677..
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