Goals

To identify current family members by location, genealogy and genetic distribution.
We have a relatively rare surname which should allow us to track family and genetic family
migrations. We have a starting location for at least 2 English family groups and then
a large number of puzzles such as,

Are Scots and Irish Battersbys' related to The English Battersbys' or instead
from another "Bothvarrs farm"  destroyed at the time the Irish pushed the Norse
out of Dublin and Waterford or the Scots pushing the Norse out of Western Scotland.

What migration routes did the family groups take and if possible why and when.
There is strong evidence for early migration,
In Dublin at the time of Elizabeth I
In the US in the early (13 states) period.

I will be trying to match Y-DNA similarities between members,
and using autosomnal and MT-DNA results(from those that wish to share this information)
as reference material to see if this sheds any further light on family migration.

Research

So far I've managed to identify a few distinct groups who bear the family name.

Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire :  the earliest ancestor is a Blacksmith born/living in Worksop  Nottinghamshire  c1700

Lancashire: Money power and probably the Bus Company, Populations in Manchester, Lancaster and Morecambe .

Eire : Principally Dublin, County Meath and Louth , The Battersby who was in the Battle of Waterloo is from Meath or Louth.

Scotland : Some bearers of the name in lowland Scotland 

Ulster : All or most of the nobility are in this branch (See Burke's Peerage )

United States: Limited research but most immigrants into the US listed their ethnicity as Scots-Irish (Ulster).

The United States probably has the largest population of people bearing the family name .

Distributions are predominantly in New york and Pennsylvania

Former British Colonies: Canada(east coast)  Australia, New Zealand :

Some bearers of the name in these countries, the when where and how is unknown.

The Arms (almost certainly Anglo-Irish in origin)

Saltire Cross(scottish style X cross)  Paley(with long rectangular check) Red and Ermine(fur)  on an orange yellow/ field

Crescent (Horns up) Argent(silver) in chief (at the top)

Ermine = arms by Royal patronage, Crescent may also infer this.

Hence a family branch was raised in status from freeman to knight not to be confused with

the Scots-Irish arms from Burke's Peerage which are to an Individual (some are offices, some may be inheritable).

From what I recall  there was a Lordship awarded to a Battersby in Ulster/Ireland that was  due to the sponsorship of Clan Dewar .

The Badge

A Ram Pass ant (ie on all fours) Battersby Knights rallied under House Ramsbottom (at the point badges were introduced as heraldic devices)

The Motto

Ante Honorum est Humilitas : Humility before honor  (probably very wise if you've just been knighted by the king)

Derivation

Badresbi, Bathresbi (old Norse, the d=th) Bothvarr's Farm 

Villages in the West and North Riding of Yorkshire at the time of the Domesday book.

Bothvarr Bjarki,  a Norse folk hero was famous for wrestling Bears.

The one in west riding was destroyed during William I's  harrowing of the north.(The Norman Conquest)

Though the name continued to be used to describe the local manor house.

In North riding the village still stands, predominantly involved in agriculture.

Dark Age Tribalism

For many reasons, difficult to ascertain accurately, the best guess would be predominantly Angle

:Holland, Denmark Germany (Initial Anglo Saxon Settlements & Northern "Anglish" Kingdom of Northumbria )

and Norse :Denmark(the Danelaw) , Sweden, Norway(Harald Hardrada's failed invasion before Williams Successful one,

also Erik the Red (Norway)  was a client King of York for a short period of time).

The Norse kingdoms of Western Scotland,

The Norse Kingdoms in Dublin and Waterford.

But things are never as simple as they might first appear, the initial comments of the Chronicles of Celtic Monks,

says the invaders were Angle, Saxon and Jute, later entries infer however that it also included

Huns, Franks & Frisians which may not be relevant historically but would almost certainly have a bearing genetically.

Similarly The Anglo Saxon Chronicles and Irish Chronicles do not differentiate

between Norse (Icelandic and Norwegian)and Danish Invaders

for the former they are just Northmen,

for the latter Dubh Gael (Dark Gaels believed to refer to their chain mail armour)