The ancestors of the bearers of the Ufarde family name are thought have lived in ancient
Anglo-Saxon England. They were first found in either of the settlements called Ufford in the counties of Northamptonshire and
Suffolk. The surname Ufarde belongs to the large category of
Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
Early Origins of the Ufarde family
The surname Ufarde was first found in
Suffolk at Ufford, a parish, in the union of Woodbridge,
hundred of Wilford.
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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. Ufford is also a civil parish in the city of Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire. Both parishes are ancient. The
Cambridgeshire parish dates back to Saxon times when it was first listed as Uffawyrtha in 948. The
Suffolk parish dates back to the
Domesday Book of 1086 when it was listed as Uffeworda.
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Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8) Both essentially mean "enclosure of a man called Uffa," from the Old English
personal name + "worth."
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Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4) "Of this family, which afterwards arrived to great honour, Robert, a younger son of John de Peyton, of Peyton in the county of
Suffolk, assumed his surname from the lordship of Ufford, in that shire, became Robert de Ufford. His son was summoned to Parliament as a
Baron in 1308, and his grandson, also a Robert de Ufford, was created Earl of
Suffolk. "
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Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. The
Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 may confirm this claim as Robert de Ufford was listed in
Suffolk at that time.
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Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) Later the Feet of Fines listed Thomas Ufford in
Essex in 1391.
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Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Early History of the Ufarde family
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Ufarde Spelling Variations
Until quite recently, the English language has lacked a definite system of spelling rules. Consequently,
Anglo-Saxon surnames are characterized by a multitude of
spelling variations. Changes in
Anglo-Saxon names were influenced by the evolution of the English language, as it incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other languages. Although Medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, so it is common to find one person referred to by several different spellings of his surname, even the most literate people varied the spelling of their own names. Variations of the name Ufarde include Ufford, Ufforde and others.
Early Notables of the Ufarde family (pre 1700)
Notables of the family at this time include Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford (1345/1346-1413), a wealthy English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford, only child was Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, the favourite of King Richard II of
England, took part in...
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Migration of the Ufarde family to the New World and Oceana
Searching for a better life, many English families migrated to British colonies. Unfortunately, the majority of them traveled under extremely harsh conditions: overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the ocean. For those families that arrived safely, modest prosperity was attainable, and many went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the new colonies. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Ufarde or a variant listed above: Isabel Ufford, who settled in Boston in 1632; along with John, Thomas; John Ufford settled in Barbados in 1680.