The ancestry of the name Phairwell dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived near a pleasant spring or stream. The name Phairwell is derived from two Old English elements: fæger, which means fair or beautiful; and well, which was the name for a spring. There is a parish Farewell in Staffordshire, two miles from Lichfield.
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Early Origins of the Phairwell family
The surname Phairwell was first found in Staffordshire at Farewell, a parish, in the union of Lichfield, S. division of the hundred of Offlow. The earliest record of the place was in 1200 when it was listed as Fagerwell. 1
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Early History of the Phairwell family
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Phairwell Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Phairwell have been found, including Farewell, Farwell, Fairwell and others.
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Early Notables of the Phairwell family
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Migration of the Phairwell family
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Phairwell, or a variant listed above: James Farewell settled in Barbados in 1680 with his wife and servants.
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