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Where did the English Badely family come from? What is the English Badely family crest and coat of arms? When did the Badely family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Badely family history?The ancient roots of the Badely family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Badely comes from when the family lived in the county of Cheshire, in the parish of Baddely or Badley.
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Badely has appeared include Baddely, Baddeley, Baddiley, Badley, Badly, Badely, Badgely, Badlely and many more.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Badely research. Another 250 words(18 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Badely History in all our PDF Extended History products.
More information is included under the topic Early Badely Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Badely arrived in North America very early: John Badeley who settled in Virginia in 1623; Thomas Badley settled in Virginia in 1642; Tom Badgley settled in San Francisco, California, in 1852.
The Badely Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Badely Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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