Speler History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Speler family

The surname Speler was first found in Buckinghamshire where they held a family seat from ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Speler family

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Speler Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Speller, Spiller, Spiler, Speler and others.

Early Notables of the Speler family

Distinguished members of the family include Sir Robert Spiller (c 1591-1637), an English landowner and politician; and Sir Henry Spiller (died 1649), an English office-holder and landowner. James Spiller (1692-1730), was an English comedian, the son of 'the' Gloucester carrier. "He was apprenticed to a landscape-painter but while he obtained some proficiency, but, soon wearying of...
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Speler migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Speler Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Andreas Speler, who settled in America in 1748
Andreas Speler, aged 48, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 1

Citations +

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)