The surname ‘England’ originates from England. It is derived from the Local nickname ‘of the Ingland’, either Inge’s land, i.e. the land of the Inge, a personal name, or more probably the ing/land, i.e. the meadow/land by the stream, as ‘Ing a meadow’, generally describing someone lying near a river. ‘, means a meadow. It has nothing to do with England as national territory. But surnames tend to imitate the terrytories spelling in hundreds of instances. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘England’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 14th century were a ‘Alice Ingeland’, from the county of Yorkshire, England, is recorded on Poll Tax records in 1379. Historical archive’s have been unable to definitely determine the exact period of settlement in North America but It is believed that the forefather’s of this surname were part of the exodus of migrants that followed the Treaty of Peace signed in Paris in 1763, when great Britain obtained ownership of the whole of North America east of the Missisipi River excepting New Orleans. The chief reasons causing working class people to e…
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