Worsencroft History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Worsencroft

What does the name Worsencroft mean?

The ancestry of the name Worsencroft dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived at Woolstencroft in the county of Cheshire. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old English personal name Wulfstan and the Old English word croft, meaning paddock or enclosure. The name thus translates as the dweller at Wulfstan's paddock.

Early Origins of the Worsencroft family

The surname Worsencroft was first found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Worsencroft family

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Worsencroft Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Worsencroft have been found, including Wolstencroft, Wolstencraft and others.

Early Notables of the Worsencroft family

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Worsencroft migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Worsencroft, or a variant listed above:

Worsencroft Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mary A Worsencroft, aged 46, who landed in New York in 1864 1
Samuel Worsencroft, aged 24, who arrived in New York in 1864 1
William Worsencroft, aged 49, who landed in New York in 1864 1

Sources +

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)