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Where did the Irish Durk family come from? What is the Irish Durk family crest and coat of arms? When did the Durk family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Durk family history?
The Durk surname is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Duarcáin.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Durkin, Durkan, Dorcan, McDurkin, McDorcan, McDurkan, Gurkin, McGurkin, O'Durkin, O'Durcan and many more.First found in north Connacht, where they held a family seat as Chiefs of their race. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found later in Sligo where seated and represented the first recorded reference to the name by Sineall, son of Cassan. They were descended through the MacNamara line from the O'Brien Kings of Ireland.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Durk. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Durk Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Joost Durk, who landed in America in 1675
- Jean Durk, who arrived in New York in 1678
- Isabel Durk, who arrived in New Jersey in 1685
- Isobel Durk, who landed in New Jersey in 1685
- Josst Durk, who landed in New York in 1687
Durk Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Pierre Mathieu Durk, aged 45, arrived in Louisiana in 1720
- Marg Eliz Durk, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1786
Durk Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Joseph Durk, who arrived in South Carolina in 1841
- Nicholas Durk, aged 34, landed in Missouri in 1845
- Catharine Durk, aged 22, arrived in New York in 1854
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- Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
- Land Owners in Ireland. Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1203-3).
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Woulfe, Rev. Patrick. Irish Names and Surnames Collected and Edited with Explanatory and Historical Notes. Kansas City: Genealogical Foundation, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-940134-403).
- Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Durk Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Durk 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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