Saintbury is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the village of Sainsbury found in the county of Gloucester. The surname Saintbury is a habitation name which forms a broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. Habitation names were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Early Origins of the Saintbury family
The surname Saintbury was first found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Early History of the Saintbury family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Saintbury research. Another 60 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1576, 1596, 1607, 1610 and 1787 are included under the topic Early Saintbury History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Saintbury Spelling Variations
Sound 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 Saintbury family name include Sainsbury, Sansbury, Sainsbery, Sansbery and others.
Early Notables of the Saintbury family
John Sandsbury or Sandbury (1576-1610), Latin poet, was born in London. In 1596 he was elected to one of the exhibitions given by St. Paul's school for the... Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Saintbury Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Saintbury family
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 Saintbury surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Suzan Sainsbury, a servant sent to Barbados in 1659; Ann Sainsbery, who settled in Maryland in 1673; John Sainsbury, who was deported to America in 1761.
