| ![Show Contents]() Applewhaite History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England Etymology of ApplewhaiteWhat does the name Applewhaite mean? The name Applewhaite is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the township of Applethwaite, which was in the parish of Windermere in Westmorland (now part of Cumbria). There were also places with this name in Cumberland and in Suffolk, where the first instances of the surname Applewhaite were found. In Old English, applethwaite meant an apple orchard or an area of land cleared for growing apples. 1 2 Early Origins of the Applewhaite familyThe surname Applewhaite was first found in the county of Suffolk in south eastern England. One of the first records of the family was Stephen Appeltheit who was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1327. Later Robert Apylweyte was found in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1524. 3 Early History of the Applewhaite familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Applewhaite research. Another 140 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1629, 1630, 1646, 1660, 1668, 1674, 1678 and 1906 are included under the topic Early Applewhaite History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Applewhaite Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Applewhaite family name include Applethwaite, Applewhite, Applewaite, Applewait, Apelwhite, Eppelwhite, Epplethwaite and many more. Early Notables of the Applewhaite familyMore information is included under the topic Early Applewhaite Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Applewhaite migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Applewhaite surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Applewhaite Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Henry Applewhaite, who arrived in Virginia in 1670 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Applewhaite (post 1700) | + |
- Andre Applewhaite (b. 2002), Barbadian footballer who plays as a left back for Weymouth Wales
- Ackeel Applewhaite (b. 1999), Barbadian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paradise and the Barbados national team
- Edward Turney Applewhaite (1898-1964), Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Skeena (1949-1957)
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- 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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