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Early Origins of the Poppey family

The surname Poppey was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Poppey family

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Poppey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Popeley, Popley, Poply, Popilly, Popely, Popelly and others.

Early Notables of the Poppey family

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Poppey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Poppey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • James Poppey, who landed in Virginia in 1657 1


  1. 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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