The surname Thurgar was first found in Norfolk at Thurgarton, a parish, in the union of Eupingham, hundred of North Erpingham. "Of this place, in Domesday Book called Thurgartund, the abbot of St. Bennet at Holme was lord in the reign of Edward the Confessor; and in the 5th year of King John, Thomas de Thurgarton held lands here of the abbot." 1
Early History of the Thurgar family
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Thurgar Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Thurgerland, Thurgar, Thurger, Thurgur, Thurgland and many more.
Early Notables of the Thurgar family
the Thurgar family of Yorkshire
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Migration of the Thurgar family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
