Birkely meaning | Last name Birkely origin

The surname Birkely is the variation of Berkley. One who came from Berkeley meaning birch wood, in Gloucestershire, or Berkley, in Somerset; dweller in, or near, a birch wood.

Lastname is a variation of Barclay. Variants of Berkeley meaning one who came from Berkeley or birch wood, in Gloucestershire.

Lastname is the variant form of the Brickley. Dweller at, or on, the meadow newly broken up for cultivation.

The lastname is the variant form of Barclay. Birchfield.

Lastname is the variant form of Berkeley. Birch-field.

Variant form of Barclay. We find a Theobald de Berkeley, probably an offshoot of the English family, settled in Scotland, so early as temp. David I. Fourth in descent from him was Alex. de B., who married the heiress of Mathers, and wrote himself De Berkeley of Mathers. His great grandson Alex. changed the spelling to Barclay in the XV. century. Geneal. Acc. of Barclays of Ury.

A variation of the Barkley. See Barclay - We find a Theobald de Berkeley, probably an offshoot of the English family, settled in Scotland, so early as temp. David I. Fourth in descent from him was Alex. de B., who married the heiress of Mathers, and wrote himself De Berkeley of Mathers. His great grandson Alex. changed the spelling to Barclay in the XV. century. Geneal. Acc. of Barclays of Ury.

Birkely is variant form of the Berkeley. This noble race descend from Thos. de B., lord of Berkeley castle, county of Gloucester, temp. Edward I., and fifth in lineal succession from Harding, a Dane of royal blood, and one of the companions of William the Conqueror. Hence the name and title Fitz-Hardinge in connection with the family. Such is the statement of the Peerages, "though it is well ascertained," says a correspondent of Gent. Mag., June 1816, that the founders of the house, Harding of Bristol, and his son Robert Fitz-Harding, were only burghers of that city."