| ![Show Contents]() Oxly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Etymology of OxlyWhat does the name Oxly mean? Oxly is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Oxly family once lived in the parish of Bysshebury in Staffordshire, where they held lands and a family seat at Oxley. Oxly 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. Early Origins of the Oxly familyThe surname Oxly 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. Early History of the Oxly familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Oxly research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Oxly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Oxly Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Oxly family name include Oxley, Oxly, Oxleigh and others. Early Notables of the Oxly familyMore information is included under the topic Early Oxly Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Oxly migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Oxly surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Oxly Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Thomas Oxly, who arrived in Virginia in 1702 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Oxly (post 1700) | + |
- F. G. Oxly, American businessperson and lumber merchant, eponym of Oxly, Missouri in southeastern Ripley County
- Janet Oxly, American actress, known for Assorted Flavors (1989)
- 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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