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The medieval era saw many new names come to France. Gascoyne appeared at that time in the region called Gascogne. It was a name for someone who lived in the French province of Gascoigne or Gascony.

Early Origins of the Gascoyne family

The surname Gascoyne was first found in Gascony (French: Gascogne), an area of southwest France bordering Spain, that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution, where they held a family seat in the seigneurie of Garidech, and were a prestigious aristocratic family of south-west France who also held estates in neighboring Languedoc to the east.

Early History of the Gascoyne family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gascoyne research. Another 93 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1350, 1381, 1403, 1419, 1458, 1507, 1514, 1516, 1525, 1535, 1577, 1579, 1593, 1596, 1614, 1661, 1686, 1687 and 1716 are included under the topic Early Gascoyne History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gascoyne Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Gascoyne, some of which include Gascoing, Gascoign, Gascoigne, Gascon, Gascoin, Gascogne, Gasco, Gascouin, Gasciogne, Gascoyne, La Gascogne, Lagascogne, La Gascoigne, Lagascoigne, Cascoigne and many more.

Early Notables of the Gascoyne family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Sir William Gascoigne (1350?-1419), English judge, eldest son of William Gascoigne, by Agnes, daughter of Nicholas Frank, was born at Gawthorpe, Yorkshire. John Gascoigne (fl. 1381), was an English doctor of canon law at Oxford, was possibly the 'Jo. Gascoigne, cler.' who is named in a seventeenth-century pedigree (Thoresby, Duc. Leod. p. 177) as brother to Sir William Gascoigne [q. v.], the Chief Justice, and to Richard Gascoigne of Hunslet, who is said to have been father of Thomas [q. v.] Thomas Gascoigne (1403-1458), was an English theologian, son and heir of Richard Gascoigne and...
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Gascoyne migration to the United States +

France was active as a cultural leader in the early 16th century. One particular area in which they lead was the exploration of the New World. The explorers, like Jacques Cartier in 1534, led the way to North America. Champlain, in 1608, made the first of twenty voyages to France to attract settlers and brought the first migrant in 1617. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec, and the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Gascoyne has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Gascoyne were

Gascoyne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Savill Gascoyne, aged 29, who landed in Virginia in 1635 1
Edward Gascoyne, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1639 1

Gascoyne Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Thomas Gascoyne, who settled in Maryland in 1774

Gascoyne Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Isabella Gascoyne, who settled in New York State in 1845
Herbert Gascoyne, aged 38, who landed in America, in 1893

Gascoyne Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Charles Gascoyne, aged 16, who settled in America from Abbeylein, in 1900
Fanny Gascoyne, aged 55, who settled in America from Abbeylein, in 1900
Doris Gascoyne, aged 8, who landed in America from Sheffield, England, in 1910
Alice Gascoyne, aged 6, who landed in America from Sheffield, England, in 1910
Kate Gascoyne, aged 34, who landed in America from Sheffield, England, in 1910
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Gascoyne migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Gascoyne Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

H. M. Gascoyne, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Golconda" in 1859

Gascoyne migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2

Gascoyne Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Stephen Gascoyne, who settled in Barbados in 1680 with his wife and servants

Contemporary Notables of the name Gascoyne (post 1700) +

Captain John Gascoyne RN, son of Bamber Gascoyne Sr, eponym of Gascoyne River, the longest river in Western Australia, HMAS Gascoyne (K354) and HMAS Gascoyne (M 85)
Isaac Gascoyne (1763-1841), British Army officer and Tory politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool (1801-1831) and (1796-1800)
Second Lieutenant James Victor Gascoyne (1892-1976), English World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories
Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700-1761), English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London, father of Bamber Goscoyne, the Elder
Christopher "Chris" Gascoyne (b. 1968), English actor from Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, best known for his portrayal of Peter Barlow in Coronation Street
David Gascoyne (1916-2001), English poet associated with the Surrealist movement
Bamber Gascoyne Jr. (1758-1824), British politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool (1780 to 1796)
Bamber Gascoyne Sr. (1725-1791), of Childwall Hall, Lancashire, an English politician, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty (1779-1782)
Thomas Jepson Gascoyne (1876-1917), English professional cycling champion and world record holder
Michael "Mike" Gascoyne (b. 1963), English designer of Formula One cars from Norwich

Citations +

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies