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Where did the English Stabell family come from? What is the English Stabell family crest and coat of arms? When did the Stabell family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Stabell family history?The history of the Stabell family name begins after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in Somerset. Their name, however, is a reference to Estaples, Normandy. Etaples is a small seaport on the French coast about 10 miles from Boulogne.
Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Stable, Stapler, Stables, Stabler, Stabyl, Stabil, Stabils, Stibils, Stibles and many more.
First found in Somerset where they held a family seat. A grant of land is recorded in the Domesday Book,  a census of England taken in the year 1086 and initiated by King William after his conquest of England in 1066. In Somerset we find Staple Fitzpaine, a small hamlet having a Mill and 100 goats. The original name of this hamlet was Estapla. The name of the hamlet implies Staple, son of Paine.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stabell research. Another 298 words(21 lines of text) covering the years 1196, 1257, 1270, 1275, 1327, 1432, 1460, and 1468 are included under the topic Early Stabell History in all our PDF Extended History products.
More information is included under the topic Early Stabell Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Stabell or a variant listed above were: Edith Stable, who was on record in Virginia in 1674; as well as John and Mary Stabler of Sunderland, who arrived in New Orleans, LA on March 19, 1852 from Liverpool on the " Kennebec.".
The Stabell Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Stabell 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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