Walter Searl

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• Baptism: 31 May 1724, Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England

Walter married Mary Berry on 20 Apr 1756 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England. Mary (daughter of John Berry and Anne Watmore) was born in 1740 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England; died in 1807; was buried on 28 Dec 1807 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Searl was born in 1752 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
2. walter Searl was born in 1757 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
3. Sarah Searl was born in 1758 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
4. John Searl was born in 1760 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England; died in 1804 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire..
5. George Searl was born in 1763 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
6. William Searl was born in 1765 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
7. Mary Searl was born in 1768 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
8. Walter Searl was born in 1771 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England; died in 1778 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
9. Edward Searl was born in 1774 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
10. Lucy Searl was born in 1776 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.
11. Elizabeth Searl was born in 1779 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England.

Notes:

Searl
This unusual surname is ultimately of Old Germanic origin, and was introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. The derivation is from the Norman male given name "Serilo, Sarilo", equivalent to the Old Norse "Sorli", and akin to the Olde English "searu", armour, so meaning perhaps "Defender" or "Protector". The personal name is recorded as "Serlo" in the Domesday Book of 1086 for Essex, and appears with surname in the following instances: Serlo le Flemyng (Lincolnshire, circa 1150); Serle Gotokirke (Cambridgeshire, 1273); and Serill' Pynder, (Yorkshire, 1379). Early examples of the surname include: Hugo Serle (Dorset, 1250), and William Serell (Yorkshire, 1379). In the modern idiom the surname has four variant spellings: Searl, Searle, Serle, and Serrell.On February 16th 1547 Edward Searle, an infant, was christened at Epping, Essex, and on June 9th 1566 Katherine Searle and Roberte Southerne were married in St. Mary at Hill, London. Francis Searle, aged 28, an early emigrant to America, embarked from London on the ship "Paule", bound for Virginia, in 1635. A Coat of Arms granted to the Searle family is a red shield, on a silver chevron between three silver trefoils slipped, as many pellets, the Crest being a gold lion rampant guardant, holding a mast, on the top a silver flag charged with a red cross. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam Serle, which was dated 1226, in the "Feet of Fines of Berkshire", during the reign of Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272.

John married Ann Sitche on 29 Jan 1718 in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England. Ann was born about 1693 in (in/of) Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]