James Stewart Dorrill
Author
Language
English
Description
Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Dorrill (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Normandy, France, and from Berkshire, Buckingham, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Kent, Lincoln, and Wiltshire, England. One ancestor, William Darell of Normandy, France was knighted by William the Conqueror as Sir William of England. In the 1600's, Joseph Deryell who settled in Virginia. Others Dorrills immigrated to...
Author
Publisher
Dorrill-Dorrell-Darrell Society
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
199 p. : geneal. tables.
Language
English
Description
The Darell family originally came to England with William the Conquerer and was granted lands in Yorkshire. In the early 1400s John Darell moved to Kent as servant to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He married the archbishop's niece and was granted a large estate. In 1410 he bought the manor of Calehill which remained in the family for 500 years.