A CURLE/CURLEE FAMILY CREST

(Each crest was designed for a particular individual)

The arms we show here are found on the tomb of one Thomas Curle, gentleman justice of Elizabeth City, buried at Pembroke Farm near Hampton VA.  He was born in 1640 in the parish of St. Michael, Lewes County Sussex England, and died in 1700.  It is recorded that he left his property to his nephews Pasco and Joshua.  Another brother, Samuel Curle was also a settler in Virginia.

The coat of arms is found to be the same as those of the Curle family of Kyle London.

The name Curle or Curlee was orginally Norman French but was established in England at a very early period.  One of the first ancestors was John de Curly who lived in Warwickshire.  The name is spelled differently in almost every country.  The Danish form is KROLLE, Dutch-CURJEL, Old English-CRUIL, Teutonic-KERLING, KARL and CURL.  In America it has taken the form of CURLE and CURLEE.

Charlotte Curlee Ramsey
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