Early Origins of the Shoesbottom family
The surname Shoesbottom was first found in
Lancashire where they held a
family seat. This ancient name had a variety of spellings from Shovellbottom to Shoebottom. That it is a
Lancashire name cannot be questioned. All historians agree that the 'bottom' appendage merely indicates that the original holder held the 'bottom land' or the choice land of the valley. The location is in south east
Lancashire or possibly eastern
Cheshire but the name has appeared anciently in Walton, Middleton, Cheetham, Tottington, Bury Skelmersdale, and many other places.
Cheshire has the most modern representatives of the name. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year Richard de Schypperwallebottom held estates in 1285. Holders of the name, all in
Lancashire, subsequently spelt it Shepobotham (1579,) Shippobotham (1582,) Geroge Shupplebottom 1621, Charles Shifabotham 1626 and Richard Shufflebotham in 1674. They originated in Shipperbottom in Lancashire.
Early History of the Shoesbottom family
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Shoesbottom Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Shufflebotham, Shufflebottom, Shufflebotam, Shovelbottom, Shoebotham, Shovellbottom, Shovell, Shubotham, Shubottom and many more.
Early Notables of the Shoesbottom family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Shoesbottom family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Eliza Shufflebottom, who settled in Virginia in 1737; Elizabeth Shufflebottom, who arrived in Virginia in 1738; Thomas Shoebotham, who came to America in 1750.