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Cager Family Crest
Cager Family Crest
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Where did the English Cager family come from? What is the English Cager family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cager family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cager family history?

The name Cager is Anglo-Saxon in origin. It was a name given to a jailer, or prison guard; people who had been prisoners. The word cage means prison, and denoted one who either worked there or was incarcerated there. If applied to a jailer, the name is occupational in nature meaning worker at the prison. If applied to a former inmate, it is a nickname.

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Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Cager include Cage, Cadger, Cadge and others.

First found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cager research. Another 225 words(16 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cager History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Cager Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Cager were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:

Cager Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Tho Cager, who landed in Virginia in 1642

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The Cager Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cager Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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