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Early Origins of the Upshall family

The surname Upshall was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, where they were Lords of the manor of Upsall, near Eston, in the North Riding of that county, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Upshall family

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Upshall Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Upsall, Upsale, Upshall, Upshaw and others.

Early Notables of the Upshall family

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Upshall Ranking

In Newfoundland, Canada, the name Upshall is the 626th most popular surname with an estimated 72 people with that name. 1


United States Upshall migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Upshall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Nicholas Upshall, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1631 2

Canada Upshall migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Upshall Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • George Upshall, who settled in Buffett (Placientia Bay), Newfoundland in 1856 3
  • Joseph Upshall, a fisherman of Hay Stack, (Placientia Bay), Newfoundland, settling there in 1871 3


  1. The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
  2. 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)
  3. Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0


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