The Family

Greenslade

Origin: English

Spelling variations include: Greenslade, Grinslade, Greenslaid, Greenside, and others.

First found in Devonshire where they were anciently seated.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands. Many of the family settled in Newfoundland after 1750.

Coat of Arms: Silver background with three red bends.

Crest: None.

Motto: Description not available

 

This information above was obtained from the Swyrich website, for now we will be dealing with the ancestors and descendents of:

  Joshua Greenslade

1857-1935 New Brunswick

And 

Loretta Henderson

New Brunswick

 

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Greenslade