| ![Show Contents]() Snapp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Snapp familyThe surname Snapp was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Early records reveal Agnes del Snappe in a Huntingdonshire record of 1242; John atte Sneppe in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex; and Robert de Snape in the 1355 Feet of Fines of Yorkshire. Later, we found Roger Snape in the 1525 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex. The name is derived from the Old English word "snaep" or the Old Norman word "snap" which means "dweller by the pasture." Early History of the Snapp familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Snapp research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1575, 1576, 1608, 1675, 1683, 1719 and 1742 are included under the topic Early Snapp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Snapp Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Snape, Snappe, Snepe, Snapes and others. Early Notables of the Snapp familyNotables of the family at this time include - Richard Snappe of Faller in Oxfordshire; Andrew Snape (the younger), serjeant farrier to Charles II, and author of The Anatomy of an Horse (1683); and his son, Andrew Snape (1675-1742), an English cle...
Snapp RankingIn the United States, the name Snapp is the 6,837th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Snapp Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Snapp, who landed in Virginia in 1623 2
Snapp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Barbara, Lawrence, and John Snapp, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1733
- Barbara Snapp, aged 3, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
- Johannes Snapp, aged 12, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
- Lawrence Snapp, aged 10, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Snapp (post 1700) | + |
- Howard Malcolm Snapp (1855-1938), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896, 1908; U.S. Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1903-11 3
- Henry Snapp (1822-1895), American Republican politician, Member of Illinois State Legislature; U.S. Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1871-73 3
- F. Taylor Snapp, American politician, Mayor of Joplin, Missouri, 1925; Defeated, 1930 3
- Earl E. "Red" Snapp (1888-1974), longtime American minor league baseball player and manager
- Wilbur Snapp (1920-2003), self-taught American musician who played the organ for the Clearwater Phillies, and for the Philadelphia Phillies over a 20 year span
- Howard Malcolm Snapp (1855-1938), U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Henry Snapp
- Henry Snapp (1822-1895), U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Howard Malcolm Snapp
- "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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 25) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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