| ![Show Contents]() Ravenscraft History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The ancestry of the name Ravenscraft dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the region of Ravenscroft in Cheshire. Ravenscraft is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. Early Origins of the Ravenscraft familyThe surname Ravenscraft was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Early History of the Ravenscraft familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ravenscraft research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1582, 1600, 1621, 1622, 1632, 1635, 1640, 1654, 1660, 1665, 1673, 1681, 1683, 1689, 1697 and 1707 are included under the topic Early Ravenscraft History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Ravenscraft Spelling VariationsSpelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Ravenscraft have been found, including Ravenscroft, Ravenscroff and others. Early Notables of the Ravenscraft familyDistinguished members of the family include Thomas Ravenscroft (ca. 1582- c.1635), English editor, singer at St Paul's Cathedral, composer and music theorist; Ravenscroft, English wigmaker who co-founded Ede & Ravenscroft, the oldest tailors in London in 1689; John Ravenscroft (c. 1665-1697), also known as Giovanni Ravenscroft and Giovanni Rederi, an English violinist and composer; Hall Ravenscroft (ca.1600-ca.1673), an English politician who sat in the...
Another 63 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Ravenscraft Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Ravenscraft familyFamilies began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Ravenscraft, or a variant listed above: Benjamin Ravenscroft who settled in Virginia in 1679; Francis Ravenscroft, who settled in Maryland in 1733; Richard Ravenscroft, who settled in Philadelphia in 1772.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Ravenscraft (post 1700) | + |
- Mark T. Ravenscraft, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000 1
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