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Isbell is Spanish?

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Isbell is Spanish?

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 1:27PM GMT
Classification: Immigration
Surnames: Isbell
My maiden name is Isbell. I had heard all my life that the name WAS English with some possible Spanish derivation. and the Scandanavian thread is true also. What I was told that following the wreck of the Spanish Armada in 1588, many soldiers/sailors swam to shore and were harbored in Britain by Catholics where they became known as Isabellites for Queen Isabella. However, records show Isbells, Isabells and Isbills in England back to 1100 or 1200. so who knows? Susan Isbell Hamer-Tomkins

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