Home   |   Customer Service   |   Site Map   |   Surname Search   |   How To Buy

Shopping Cart
0 Items
UP to 50% OFF - Weekly Specials
Share |
Decrease Font Size Text Increase Font Size
An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

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

The ancient Scottish name Deeks was first used by the Strathclyde-Briton people of the Scottish/English Borderlands. The original bearer of the name lived in Dutton, Lancashire.

 More

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dyke, Dykes, Dike, Dikes and others.

First found in Cumberland, 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.


 More

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Deeks research. Another 497 words(36 lines of text) covering the years 1207, 1272, 1301, 1379, 1421, 1457, 1471, 1509, 1600, 1630, 1649, 1685, and 1765 are included under the topic Early Deeks History in all our PDF Extended History products.

 More

Another 37 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Deeks Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

 More

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Branches of the family, who settled at Plymouth, Newton, and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from about the year 1640 onwards.

 More

  • Barbara Ann Deeks (b. 1937), English actress, best known for her part in the "Carry On" films


 More

Popular Family Crest Products
 
Deeks Armorial History With Coat of Arms
Deeks Coat of Arms & Surname History Package
Deeks Family Crest Image (jpg) Heritage Series
Deeks Coat of Arms/Family Crest Key-chain
Deeks Coat of Arms/Family Crest Coffee Mug
Deeks Armorial History with Frame
Deeks Framed Surname History and Coat of Arms
More Family Crest Products
 More

 More

  1. Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  2. Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
  3. Prebble, John. The Highland Clearances. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Print.
  4. Dorward, David. Scottish Surnames. Glasgow: Harper Collins, 1995. Print.
  5. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  6. The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
  7. Urquhart, Blair Edition. Tartans The New Compact Study Guide and Identifier. Secauccus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1994. Print. (ISBN 0-7858-0050-6).
  8. Donaldson, Gordon and Robert S. Morpeth. Who's Who In Scotish History. Wales: Welsh Academic Press, 1996. Print. (ISBN 186057-0054).
  9. Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
  10. Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
  11. ...

The Deeks Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Deeks 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.

This page was last modified on 15 April 2011 at 08:26.

©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details.
houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation.


Tools



UP to 50% OFF - Weekly Specials