The history of the Wrixton family name begins after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in Lancashire, at Rixton-with-Glazebrook, from whence they took their name.
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Early Origins of the Wrixton family
The surname Wrixton was first found in Lancashire at Rixton-with-Glazebrook, a civil parish in the unitary authority of Warrington. Traditionally part of Lancashire, the hamlet of Rixton, this local dates back to the reign of King John where it "was the seat of a family of the local name, the last male descendant of whom was Alan Rixton, in the reign of Edward III. His heiress married Sir Hamon Massey, second son of Hugh Massey, of Tatton, Cheshire; and this family held the lordship until 1760." 1
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Early History of the Wrixton family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wrixton research. Another 84 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1066 is included under the topic Early Wrixton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Wrixton Spelling Variations
Anglo-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 Rixton, Rixon, Rickston and others.
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Early Notables of the Wrixton family
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Migration of the Wrixton family
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 Wrixton or a variant listed above were: Jacob and John Rixon who settled in Carolina in 1774.
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