Scafe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Scafe family

The surname Scafe was first found in Durham where they held a family seat on the English/Scottish border. After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient no-man's land. Notable families such as the Percy, the Umfravilles and the Nevilles gathered many supporting clans around them. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'. In that century, many of those clans drove their herds south, and they settled in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The name was first recorded in Yorkshire in 1219 when Geoffrey Skaif held estates in Yorkshire.

Early History of the Scafe family

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Scafe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Scafe, Scaife, Skaife, Scaif, Skaif, Skafe and others.

Early Notables of the Scafe family

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Scafe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Scafe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Tho Scafe, who landed in Virginia in 1660 1
Jonathon Scafe, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Scafe (post 1700) +

Damik Alonzo Scafe (b. 1988), American football defensive end for the San Diego Chargers (2011–2014)

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)