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Early Origins of the Sendall family

The surname Sendall was first found in Yorkshire where the name is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sandal,' a parish, now Sandal Magna, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Long Sandall, a parish four miles from Doncaster. 1 2

"This place is of high antiquity, and was long the baronial seat of the lords of Wakefield, of whom John Plantagenet, the last Earl of Warren, erected a strong castle here about the year 1320, which in the reign of Edward III. was occupied by Edward Balliol, one of the competitors for the throne of Scotland. The castle became the property of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who fell in the battle of Wakefield, in 1460; and was subsequently the residence of his son, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III." 3

The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls list: Johannes de Sandall (1379); and Isabella de Sandale (1370) as both residing there at that time. (Barsley)

Further to the north in Scotland, John de Sandall or de Sandele, appears as Camerarius Scocie, c. 1361 and was listed as an Englishman. 4

John de Sandale (died 1319), was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor and "was probably a native of Yorkshire." 5

Early History of the Sendall family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sendall research. Another 94 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1303, 1374, 1455, 1487 and 1889 are included under the topic Early Sendall History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sendall Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sendall, Sendell, Sindall, Sindell, Sendal, Sindel, Sindal and many more.

Early Notables of the Sendall family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • the Sendall family of Suffolk


United States Sendall migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sendall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Samuel Sendall, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1645 6
Sendall Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Darby Sendall, who landed in New England in 1733 6

New Zealand Sendall migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Sendall Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Henry Sendall, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Nourmahal" arriving in Dunedin, Otaga, South Island, New Zealand on 5th May 1858 7

Contemporary Notables of the name Sendall (post 1700) +

  • Bernard Charles Sendall (1913-1996), British Civil Servant, an executive member of the British Independent Television Authority (ITA)


  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  4. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  5. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  6. 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)
  7. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html


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