| ![Show Contents]() Twombly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of TwomblyWhat does the name Twombly mean? Twombly is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Twombly family lived in Cheshire, at Twemlow, a civil parish, containing the village of Twemlow Green. Early Origins of the Twombly familyThe surname Twombly was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times as Lords of the manor of Hatherton in that shire. Conjecturally they are descended from William Malbank who was holder of the village of Hatherton at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book in 1086, a census initiated by William the Conqueror after his conquest of England in 1066 A.D. 1 Early History of the Twombly familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Twombly research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1700 and 1830 are included under the topic Early Twombly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Twombly Spelling VariationsAnglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Twemloe, Twemlow, Twemlowe, Twamley and others. Early Notables of the Twombly familyMore information is included under the topic Early Twombly Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Twombly Rankingthe United States, the name Twombly is the 9,492nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 Migration of the Twombly family to IrelandSome of the Twombly family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Twombly or a variant listed above were:
Twombly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Ralph Twombly, who landed in New Hampshire in 1656 3
Twombly Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Henry E. Twombly, aged 47, who immigrated to the United States, in 1893
- Mrs. Twombly, aged 37, who settled in America from London, in 1894
- H.Mc.K. Twombly, aged 44, who landed in America from London, in 1894
- Mr. Twombly, aged 41, who landed in America, in 1895
Twombly Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Arthur Butler Twombly, who immigrated to the United States, in 1903
- E. J. Twombly, aged 34, who landed in America, in 1903
- Ruth Twombly, who landed in America, in 1904
- Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, aged 15, who immigrated to the United States, in 1907
- Florence Adele Twombly, aged 39, who immigrated to America, in 1907
| Contemporary Notables of the name Twombly (post 1700) | + |
- Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849-1910), American railroad tycoon, owner of Vinland Estate, he married Florence Adele Vanderbilt (1854-1952) in 1877 and had issue
- Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly (1928-2011), American painter, sculptor and photographer
- Carol Twombly, American calligrapher who worked as a type designer at Adobe Systems from 1988 through 1999, and designed the Trajan, Myriad and Adobe Caslon type faces
- Willard Irving Twombly (1873-1953), American car manufacturer who designed and built the Twomby, a water cooled, four-cylinder engine American cyclecar between 1913 and 1915
- Mary Lynn Twombly (b. 1935), American composer, conductor and pianist
- Voltaire P. Twombly, Union veteran of the American Civil War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Fort Donelson on February 15, 1862, when he picked up and carried his regiment's national colors after three other members of his regiment were killed or incapacitated by Confederate fire
- Wells Twombly (1935-1977), American sportswriter and author, California Sports Writer of the Year (1971, 1972, 1973)
- Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849-1910), American businessman, a graduate from Harvard University in 1871, he was financial advisor to William Henry Vanderbilt, he sat on the Boards of Directors of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, owner of the Vinland Estate, Newport, Rhode Island
- Cy Twombly (1928-2011), American abstract artist
- ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
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