The surname Threkel was first found in Cumberland, where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Threlkeld.
Today, Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, east of Keswick. The Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is now located there attesting to the long history of mining in the area.
Early History of the Threkel family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Threkel research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1360, 1676, 1698, 1727 and 1728 are included under the topic Early Threkel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Threkel Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Threlkeld, Threlkelde, Thralkelde, Thrailkill and many more.
Early Notables of the Threkel family
Caleb Threlkeld (1676-1728), an Irish botanist, dissenting cleric and physician. Born at Keibergh in the parish of Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, he graduated M.A. in the University of Glasgow in 1698, and soon afterwards became a nonconformist preacher. He made botanical expeditions in every part of the neighbourhood of Dublin, into co. Wicklow, co. Meath, Queen's County, and into the north of Ireland... Another 62 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Threkel Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Threkel family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Anthony Threlkeld settled in Barbados in 1635.
