| ![Show Contents]() Grow History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Early Origins of the Grow familyThe surname Grow was first found in Worcestershire where the family was first referenced in the year 1275 when Margeria Groucok was listed as holding lands in the Subsidy Rolls at that time. William Grucock was listed in the Assize Rolls of Staffordshire in 1312. 1 The Grew, Grue and Grow variants have a slightly different origin. They hail from Yorkshire where the "surname is derived from a nickname, 'the grew,' 'Grew, a greyhound." 2. "It is worth noticing, however, that my instances are from Yorkshire. Henry III in 1350 spent his Christmas at York. In the expenditure for that visit appears the provision of '7000 fowls, 1750 partridges, 125 swans, 115 'grues' (an unknown bird), 125 peacocks, 290 pheasants,' &c.; v. Miss Holt's paper in Christmas number of The Fireside, 1887. As every other bird in the list is a familiar surname to-day, there is no reason why the 'grue' should not be the same." 3 Reviewing the aforementioned Groucock and Grucock entries point strongly to the use of the name as a "bird." Indeed the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 confirm the "northern" origin for this variant as Johannes Grewe; Johanna Grewe; and Agnes Grewe are all listed as holding there at that time. 3 Early History of the Grow familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Grow research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1312, 1455, 1487, 1607, 1641, 1689 and 1712 are included under the topic Early Grow History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Grow Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Growcock, Growcott, Groucott, Groucock, Growcot, Grocot, Grewcot, Grocott, Groocot, Groocott, Grewcott, Grew, Grewe, Grucock, Grucott, Grucot, Groow and many more. Early Notables of the Grow familyAnother 35 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Grow Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Grow RankingIn the United States, the name Grow is the 6,264th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4
 Grow migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Grow Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Thomas Grow, who arrived in New England in 1712 5
- Christian Grow, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1762 5
Grow Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Frederick Grow, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 5
| Grow migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Grow Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- John Grow, who landed in Canada in 1831
| Contemporary Notables of the name Grow (post 1700) | + |
- Major-General Robert Walker Grow (1895-1985), American Military Attaché to Moscow (1950-1951) 6
- Major-General Malcolm Cummings Grow (1887-1960), American Surgeon General (1949) 7
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Halliwell, James Orchard. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial WordsLondon: John Russel Smith, Old Compton Street, Soho, 1848, Digital, 2 Vols
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- "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)
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 11) Robert Grow. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Grow/Robert_Walker/USA.html
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 11) Malcolm Grow. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Grow/Malcolm_Cummings/USA.html
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Grow migration to the United States 
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