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Early Origins of the Hardbottle family

The surname Hardbottle was first found in at Harbottle a village and civil parish in Northumberland, near the Scottish border. The village is the site of Harbottle Castle built during the reign of Edward I. The castle was built to protect invaders from Scotland was built and held by the Umfraville family. It sustained the reiterated attacks of the whole Scottish army in 1296 and was the site of the birth of a daughter in 1518 to Margaret, Queen Dowager of Scotland, who had lived there since 1515, after her marriage with the Earl of Angus.

Early History of the Hardbottle family

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Hardbottle Spelling Variations

The name Hardbottle, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt Harbottle, Harbotel, Hardbottle, Harbottles and others.

Early Notables of the Hardbottle family

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Migration of the Hardbottle family

The New World beckoned as many of the settlers in Ireland, known as the Scotch/Irish, became disenchanted. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships." Amongst the early settlers who could be considered kinsmen of the Hardbottle family, or who bore a variation of the surname Hardbottle were John Harbottle who arrived in Maryland in 1685; John Harbattle arrived in Virginia in 1652.



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