| ![Show Contents]() Cap History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The history of the Cap family name begins after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in London, settling there after the Norman Conquest of 1066 when they came from Capes, near Calvados, Normandy. Early Origins of the Cap familyThe surname Cap was first found in London, England where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Cap familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cap research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1199 is included under the topic Early Cap History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cap Spelling VariationsAnglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Cape, Cap, Capes, Cappe, Capps, Caps and others. Early Notables of the Cap familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was - Roger Cappus (Caps) of Kent
Cap RankingIn France, the name Cap is the 4,997th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1
 Cap migration to the United States | + |
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Cap or a variant listed above were:
Cap Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Georg Fyt Cap, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
- Georg Titus Cap, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
- Thomas Cap who settled in New England in 1767
Cap Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Joseph Cap, who arrived in Arkansas in 1896 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cap (post 1700) | + |
- Cap S. McElroy, American politician, American Independent Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976
- Cap Robert Carden (1866-1935), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Cap Robert Carden (1866-1935), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1931-35 3
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Cap migration to the United States 
