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Early Origins of the Thicke family

The surname Thicke was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1199 when Walter Theaker held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Thicke family

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Thicke Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Thicker, Theaker, Thacker, Thaker, Thecker, Thick, Thicke, Thike, Thicks, Thake, Thackway and many more.

Early Notables of the Thicke family

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Migration of the Thicke family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Silvester Thacker, who settled in Virginia in 1650 with his wife; Mordant Thacker, who settled in Maryland in 1676; as well as Dorothy, Edmond, Henry and John Thacker, who all settled in Virginia within the next twenty years..


Contemporary Notables of the name Thicke (post 1700) +

  • Robin Charles Thicke (b. 1977), American four-time Billboard Award winning singer, songwriter and record producer, son of Alan Thicke
  • Todd Thicke, Canadian Emmy and Gemini Award-nominated television writer and producer, younger brother of Alan Thicke
  • Alan Willis Thicke (1947-2016), born Alan Willis Jeffery, a Canadian two-time Emmy nominated actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host, best known for his role as Jason Seaver on the ABC television series Growing Pains (1985-1992), father of Robin Thicke


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