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Where did the Gage coat of arms come from? When did the Gage family first arrive in the United States?

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Origin Displayed: English-Alt

Origins Available: English-Alt, English, French

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gage, Gauge and others.

First found in Essex where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Gage, who arrived with Winthrop's Fleet in 1630 and settled in Boston; Elizabeth Gage, who settled in Virginia in 1652; John and William Gage, who came to Virginia in 1654.

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Motto Translated: Courage without fear.


Suggested Readings for the name Gage
Gage Families in the 1850 U.S. Census: Including a Gage Family Statistical Portrait and a Bibliography of Gage Genealogy by Douglas W. Gage, John Gage of Ipswich: His English Ancestry and Some American Descendants by Duane Marshall Gage.

Some noteworthy people of the name Gage
  • Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898), American women's suffrage activist and author
  • Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927), American banker and cabinet member
  • Henry Tifft Gage (1852-1924), American politician, Governor of California from 1899-1903
  • Jack R. Gage (1899-1970), American governor of Wyoming
  • Nicholas Gage (b. 1938), Greek-American writer
  • Ben Gage (1914-1978), American television actor
  • Brigadier-General Philip Stearns Gage (1885-1982), American Commanding General Harbor Defenses of Boston (1944-1947)
  • Thomas Gage (1721-1787), British general, Governor of Massachusetts (1774-1775) and commander in chief of the English forces in the early part of the Revolutionary war
  • Joaquin Gage (b. 1973), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
  • Jody Gage (b. 1959), Canadian ice hockey forward


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