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Gage Family Crest
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Where did the French Gage family come from? What is the French Gage family crest and coat of arms? When did the Gage family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Gage family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Gager, Gagern, Gagers, Gage, Gages, Gagge, Geiger and many more.

First found in Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.The name is derived from the occupational name for a player on the fiddle, from the word "geige" meaning "fiddle."


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gage research. Another 131 words(9 lines of text) covering the years 1685, 1774, and 1854 are included under the topic Early Gage History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Gage Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gage Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • John Gage, who arrived with Winthrop's Fleet in 1630 and settled in Boston
  • John Gage, who landed in Ipswich, Mass in 1634
  • Wm Gage, who arrived in Virginia in 1638
  • Elizabeth Gage, who settled in Virginia in 1652
  • Elizabeth Gage, who landed in Virginia in 1652


Gage Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • John Gage, who settled in Maryland in 1747

Gage Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • B Gage, aged 33, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1830
  • James Gage, aged 21, landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1833
  • A Gage, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • T B Gage, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • William Gage, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851


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  • 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
  • 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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  • 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.
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  1. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
  2. Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
  3. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  4. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  5. Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
  6. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  7. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  8. de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
  9. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  10. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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