Ettle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Ettle

What does the name Ettle mean?

The name Ettle is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in Kent, where they held a family seat at Lee's Court. The original form of this name was atte Lee, which became modified to the shorter form Ettle.

Early Origins of the Ettle family

The surname Ettle was first found in Kent where they held a family seat from ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Ettle family

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Ettle Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Ettle family name include Atlee, Attley, Attlie, Atleigh, Atley, Atleys and others.

Early Notables of the Ettle family

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Migration of the Ettle family

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 Ettle surname or a spelling variation of the name include : William Atlee, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1744, and descended was Walter Franklin Atlee related to Benjamin Franklin, also of Philadelphia.