Newell

Coat of Arms

I know that there is a good chance that my wife is not related to anyone who has a Coat of Arms, but it is fun to imagine. I also do not profess to have the information below correct, but I tried to be as accurate as I can.


Newell English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Newell, Newhall, Newall, Niehall, Noel and others. First found in Yorkshire, where Robert de Niwehal was living in 1195.

Newell Scottish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Newell, Newall, Newhall, Newill and others. First found in Dumfriesshire, where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.	Motto: Industry renders rich

Burrows Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Burrough, Burgh, Borrows, Burrowes, Burroughs, Burrows, Burroughes and many more.	Motto: By courage and faith

Hall Scottish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Hall, Halle, Haule, Haul, Hal, De Aule and others. First found in Lincolnshire, England, where the family was granted lands after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Hall Dutch in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Hall, Halle, Haule, Haul, Hal, De Aule and others.

Hall German in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Hall, Halland, Hallandsfar, Hallay, Hallberg, Halle, Hallegg, Hallenaut, Haller, Hallermund, Hallersdorf, Hallerstein, Halletius, Halleux, Hallez, Hallmann and many more. First found in Baden, where the family was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area.

Hall Swedish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Hall, Halland, Hallandsfar, Hallay, Hallberg, Halle, Hallegg, Hallenaut, Haller, Hallermund, Hallersdorf, Hallerstein, Halletius, Halleux, Hallez, Hallmann and many more.

Higginbotham English in origin and spelling variations of this family name include: Higginbottom, Higginbotham, Hickenbottom, Hickinbottom, Higgenbottom, Higginbothem, Higinbotham, Higinbothem and many more. First found in Cheshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D..

Kinnaird Scottish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Kinnard, Kinnaird, Kynnard, Kennard, Kynharde, Kinzerd, Kinnart, Kynnart and many more. First found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times in the barony named Kinnaird.	Motto: He conquers who endures

LeMasters French in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Le Maistre, Le Maître, Maistre, Maître, Lemaistre, Lemaître, Mestre, Mestre, Maistres and many more. First found in L'Ile-de-France, where this distinguished family has been seated since ancient times.	Motto: For the honor, no concern

McNeely Irish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: McNally, McAnully, McAnalley, McAnally and others. First found in counties Armagh and Monaghan where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Nelson English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Nelson, Nellson and others First found in Lancashire, where the family was seated from early times.	Motto: Let him who has earned it bear the palm

Neville English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Neville, Navelle, Nevile, Nevil, Nevill and others. First found in Durham where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.	Motto: Wishing nothing base

Persinger Dutch in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Persinger, Persingen, van Persingen, van Persinger, Perzinger, van Perzinger and many more. First found in Holland, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.

Rhodes English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Rhodes, Rhoades, Rhode, Rhoads, Roades, Roads and others. First found in Lincolnshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.	Motto: Strength through God

Rhodes German in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Rhode, Rhod, Rhodes, Rhhode, Rhhodes, Rhodese, Rhods, Rode and many more. First found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region.

Simpkins English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Simkins, Simpkins, Simkin, Simpkin, Sinkin, Sinkins, Sinkings, Simkiss, Simpkiss, Semken, Sempken, Semkin, Sempkin, Semkins, Sempkins, Symkins, Symekyn, Symkyn, Sympkynn, Simekin, Simkinson, Simpkinson and many more. First found in county Suffolk, where the family was established in early days, distinguishing itself from its parent branches, Simon and Sim.

Smith Scottish in origin, although Medieval Scotland lacked a basic set of spelling rules, which meant that scribes recorded names according to their sounds it was not uncommon for the names of a father and son to be recorded differently. As a result, there are many spelling variations of Scottish single names. smith has been written Smith, Smyth, Smythe and others. First found in northern England and Scotland, where they held a family seat from ancient times.	Motto: Always faithful

Smith Dutch in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Smit, Smitt, Smitte, Smites, Smitts, Smiit, Smiites, Smittes, van Smit, Smut, Smutts, van Smutts, Schmit, Schmidt, van Schmidt and many more First found in Holland, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.

Smith English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Smith, Smyth, Smythe and others. First found in Durham, in present day Northumbria (North-Eastern England) where an Olde English version of the name is cited in circa 975, almost 100 years before the Normans would invade this part of England..	Motto: By Divine Providence

Smith German in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Schmidt (northern Germany), Schmid (southern Germany), Schmitz (Rhineland), Schmied, Schmitt, Smith (English) and many more. First found in the northern provinces that were later to make up Prussia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region.

Smith Irish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Smith, MacGowan, McGowan, MacGowin, McGowin, MacGowen, McGowen, Gow, Gowan, Gowen, Gowin, MacGavin and many more. First found in County Cavan where the Sept originated.	Motto: He drives forth the darkness and the foe

Vance Scottish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Vance, Vans, Vaux, de Vallibus and others. First found in East Lothian (Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear), a former county, sometimes known as Haddingtonshire located in the Lowland region surrounding the city of Edinburgh, where they were directly descended from the great baronial family of De Vaux, or De Vallibus, and still had a castle of this name in Normandy until the year 1080.	Motto: Be Faithful

Williams Welsh in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Williams, Quilliams, Guilliam, Guilliams and others. First found in Breconshire and Monmouthshire on the English/ Welsh border, where the williams family was seated from very ancient times.	Motto: By following the truth

Williams German in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Wilhelm, Wilhem, Wilhelmi (Latinized), Wilhelmy, Wilhelmus (Latinized), Wilhelms, Wilhelmsen (Holstein), Wilhalm ( Bavaria, Austria), Wilms (Friesland) and many more. First found in northern Germany, where the name was associated in early mediaeval times with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout European history. The name would eventually emerge as belonging to a noble family with great influence, having many distinguished branches, and become noted for its involvement in social, economic and political affairs. Its use as a Surname must be traced back to its immense popularity as a first name early in the middle ages. Indeed, one chronicle mentions a knight's feast in Bayeux around 1171 a.d.

Woods English in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Wood, Woods, Wode, Would, Woid, Voud, Vould and others. First found in Leicester, where they held land in Thorpe Arnold, under the Earl of Leicester.	Motto: Safe on the waves

Woods Irish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Quill, O'Quill, Woods and others. First found in Counties Cork and Kerry, where it belonged to a distinguished bardic family.

Woods Scottish in origin with spelling variations of the family name include: Wode, Woode, Woodde, or Wad and others. Wood can be traced as far back as the 11th century. Walter de la Wode is recorded in Hertfordshire in 1242. John Atewode is in the Rotuli Hundredorum in Essex in 1274, and William Bythewode is listed in the Subsidy Rolls in Sussex in 1296.	Motto: Defend

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