Seagraves History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Seagraves family

The surname Seagraves was first found in Leicestershire where early records show: Stephen de Segrave (c.1171-1241), medieval Chief Justiciar of England; Gilbert de Segrave (d. 1254), Bishop of London; Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (d. 1295); and Gilbert Segrave (died 1316), Bishop of London from 1313 to 1316. 1

The parish of Meriden, Warwickshire was of significance to the family in early times. "This place, anciently Alspath, formed part of the possessions of the Countess Godiva in 1043, and in the 12th of Edward II. was the property of John de Segrave, who obtained for the inhabitants the grant of a weekly market and an annual fair." 2

It is presumed that some of the family emigrated to Ireland after the Strongbow invasion in 1180 as Stephen Seagrave was Archbishop of Armagh 1323-1333. Later Richard Sydgrave or Segrave (died 1425) was an Irish judge who held office as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and served as deputy to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His family was one of the major landowners in County Meath.

Early History of the Seagraves family

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Seagraves Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Segrave, Seagrave, Segrove and others.

Early Notables of the Seagraves family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Robert Seagrave (1693-1760?), English divine, son of Robert Seagrave, vicar of Twyford, Leicestershire, (1687-1720.) He was one of the earliest to join the Oxford methodist movement, and...
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Seagraves Ranking

In the United States, the name Seagraves is the 9,087^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Seagraves family to Ireland

Some of the Seagraves family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Seagraves migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Seagraves Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Seagraves, aged 20, who landed in New York in 1854 4

Seagraves Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mrs. Marshal C. Seagraves, aged 46, who immigrated to the United States, in 1907
Matthew Seagraves, aged 47, who settled in America, in 1918
Edward Seagraves, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1918
Mary Seagraves, aged 51, who immigrated to the United States from Liverpool, England, in 1920
John Seagraves, aged 21, who settled in America, in 1921
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Contemporary Notables of the name Seagraves (post 1700) +

William Ralph Seagraves (1929-1998), American executive, former president of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s Special Events Operations, inductee in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2008
Mark Seagraves (b. 1966), English former professional footballer

Historic Events for the Seagraves family +

RMS Lusitania

Mr. Patrick Seagraves, English Able-Bodied Seaman from Walton, Liverpool, England, who worked aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and died in the sinking 5

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
"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)
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 7) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/