Dock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland

The chronicles of the Dock family reach back into Scottish history to an ancient tribe known as the Picts. The ancestors of the Dock family lived in the Kilmadok district of Scotland. The Scottish Dock surname is derived from the Gaelic Mac Gille Doig, which means "son of the servant of St. Cadog." The personal name Cadog was Welsh, and has no connection to the name of the animal.

Early Origins of the Dock family

The surname Dock was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where they held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Dock family

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Dock Spelling Variations

When the first dictionaries were invented in the last few hundred years, spelling gradually became standardized. Before that time, scribes spelled according to sound. Names were often recorded under different spelling variations every time they were written. Dock has been written Doig, Dog, Doeg, Doige, Doag, Doak, Doake, Doack and others.

Early Notables of the Dock family

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Dock Ranking

In the United States, the name Dock is the 15,536^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Dock family to Ireland

Some of the Dock family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dock migration to the United States +

The crossing to North America did not seem so great in comparison with the hardships many Scots endured at home. It was long, expensive, and cramped, but also rewarding. North America offered land and the chance for settlers to prove themselves in a new place. And many did prove themselves as they fought to forge a new nation in the American War of Independence. The ancestors of those Scots can now experience much of their once-lost heritage through the Clan societies and highland games that have sprung up across North America in the last century. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important, early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Dock:

Dock Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Maria Elisabeth Dock, who landed in America in 1720 2
Joh Adam Dock, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741 2
Johann Adam Dock, who arrived in America in 1741 2
Baltzer Dock, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 2
Hans Michael Dock, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Dock Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

W Dock, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
Mrs. Agnes Dock, aged 46, Scottish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863
Miss Agnes Dock, aged 16, Scottish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863
Miss Euphenia Dock, aged 13, Scottish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863
Mr. Robert Dock, aged 50, Scottish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Dock (post 1700) +

Lavinia L. Dock, American politician, Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1928 3

Citations +

"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 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html