Marbury Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

Origins of Marbury:
Marbury is one of the thousands of new names that the Norman Invasion brought to England in 1066.  The Marbury family resided in Cheshire, at the estate of Marbury, from whence they took their name.  It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has regulated.  For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Marbury are characterized by many spelling variations.  Authors and priests in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find many variations that relate to a single person.  As the English language changed and incorporated components of other European languages like Norman French and Latin, even educate people regularly changed the spelling of their names.  The variations of the name Marbury include Marbury, Marburie, Marberrie,Marberry, Merbury, Marburry, Marburrie, Marbery, Marberie and much more.

Variations:
More common variations are: Marbuary, Marbuery, Marburry, Marybury, Marburey, Marbry, Marbur, Morbury, Marbour, Merbury.

England:
The surname Marbury first appeared in Cheshire where they held a family seat from old times, as Lords of the estate of Marbury.  At the time of the taking of the Domesday Book in the year 1086, these lands and Hamlet held by William Malbank, who held them from Lord Harold.

United States of America:
Some of the people with the surname Marbury who arrived in the United States in the 17th century included Ann Marbury, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1634.  Richard Marbury settled in Virginia in the year 1643.

Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (Marbury, co. Chester, temp. Edward II.). Sa. a cross engr. ar. betw. four pheons (sometimes crosses tau) of the second. Crest—On a chapeau gu. turned up ar. and semée of plates, a Saracen’s head in profile couped ppr. crined and bearded sa. wreathed about the temples gu.
2) (Walton, co. Chester, temp. Edward III.). Ar. on a fesse engr. az. three garbs or. Crest—A mermaid ppr. holding in the dexter hand a mirror, and in the sinister a comb or.
3) (Walton, co. Chester, temp. Edward III.). Ar. on a fesse engr. az. three garbs or. Crest—A mermaid ppr. holding in the dexter hand a mirror, and in the sinister a comb or.
4) (co. Northumberland). Sa. a cross betw. four nails ar.
5) (Gresby, co. Lincoln). Ar. on a fesse engr. gu. three garbs or.
6) Gu. two bars or, on a chief of the second a lion pass. of the first.
7) (Marbury). Or, on a fess engr. az. three garbs of the first.
8) (Fun. Ent. Ulster’s Office, 1619, Anne Marbury, wife of Sir Richard Hansard, Knt.). Sa. a cross engr. betw. four spear heads erect ar.
9) Sa. a fesse engr. betw. three nails ar.
10) (London; Thomas Marbury, citizen and haberdasher of London. Visit. London, 1568). (Lambeth, co. Surrey; confirmed by Segar, Garter, 10 May, 1616). Sa. a cross engr. betw. four pheons ar. Crest—A seahorse assurgent per pale or and az. crined gu.
11) (co. Chester). Or, on a fesse engr. az. three garbs of the first. Crest—A camel’s head sa. ducally gorged or.
12) (Reg. Ulster’s Office). Ar. a cross engr. betw. four spearheads sa.
13) (Walton, co. Chester). Same Arms. Crest—A mermaid ppr. holding in the dexter hand a mirror, and in the sinister a comb.