Clubb History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The name Clubb is Anglo-Saxon in origin. It was a name given to a maker of clubs. The surname Clubb originally derived from the Old English spelling Clobbere. It was commonly found in the area of Farndon, Cheshire where the family first lived.

Early Origins of the Clubb family

The surname Clubb was first found in Farndon, near Chester, which "seems to have been the habitat of the family." 1

So at to prove the point, the Wills at Chester included the following entries: Hugh Clubb, of Farndon, 1588; John Clubb, of Holt, 1607; Francis Clubbe, of Farndon, 1695; and John Clubbe, of Worthenbury, 1689. 1

Early History of the Clubb family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clubb research. Another 101 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1166, 1202, 1204, 1279, 1588, 1607, 1695, 1703, 1725, 1730, 1745, 1773, 1803 and 1814 are included under the topic Early Clubb History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clubb Spelling Variations

Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Clubb include Clubb, Club, Clobbe, Clubbe and others.

Early Notables of the Clubb family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

John Clubbe (1703?-1773), English satirical writer, son of the Rev. George Clubbe, rector of Whatfield, Suffolk. "At the usual age he was entered at Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A. as a me...
William Clubbe (1745-1814), was a poetical writer and the seventh son of the Rev. John Clubbe. 2

Clubb Ranking

In the United States, the name Clubb is the 14,950^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Clubb migration to the United States +

Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Clubb were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:

Clubb Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Eliza Clubb, who landed in Virginia in 1650 4
Elizabeth Clubb, who settled in Virginia in 1663

Clubb Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Clubb, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1704 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Clubb (post 1700) +

Oliver Edmund Clubb (1901-1989), American diplomat, one of the "China Hands" of the State Department who was attacked by McCarthyism in the 1950s and blamed for "losing China" to the Communists
Oliver Edmund Clubb Jr. (1901-1989), American politician, U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1934; Shanghai, 1939-41; Hanoi, 1941; Tihwa, 1943; U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok, 1944-45; Mukden, 1946; Peiping, 1949 5
Henry S. Clubb, American politician, Member of Michigan State Senate 29th District, 1873-74 5
Edmund O. Clubb, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Hankow, 1932 5
Tony Clubb (b. 1987), English rugby league player
George Clubb (1844-1924), Scottish-born, Australian politician, Member for Balmain, New South Wales (1889-1891)
William Reid "Billy" Clubb (1884-1962), Canadian politician from Manitoba who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941
Linda Clubb, Canadian Green Party candidate in 2004

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html