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

The history of the name Flagg goes back those Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled over Britain. Such a name was given to a streaked or dappled element. The surname Flagg originally derived from the Old English word Fleck.

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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Flagg family name include Fleck, Flecke, Flegg, Flack, Flacks, Flick and many more.

First found in Norfolk where they held a family seat from ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Flagg research. Another 375 words(27 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1605, 1650, 1657, and 1679 are included under the topic Early Flagg History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the Flagg family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 130 words(9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Flagg or a variant listed above:

Flagg Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Thomas Flagg, who arrived in Boston, Mass in 1637
  • Gersham Flagg, who landed in Massachusetts in 1674

Flagg Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • J Flagg, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • S Flagg, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • L Flagg, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1855
  • Andrew Flagg, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1872

Flagg Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • James Alfred Flagg, who landed in California in 1901

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  • Fannie Flagg (b. 1944), American actress, comedienne and author
  • Ernest Flagg (1857-1947), American architect
  • James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960), American artist and illustrator
  • Edith Flagg (b. 1919), American fashion designer
  • George Whiting Flagg (1816-1897), American painter of historical scenes and genre pictures


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  • Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors' Part In That Undertaking by Ernest Flagg.
  • The Flagg Correspondence: Selected Letters, 1816-1854 by Barbara Lawrence and Nedra Branz.
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  2. Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
  3. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  4. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  5. Shirley, Evelyn Philip. Noble and Gentle Men of England Or Notes Touching The Arms and Descendants of the Ancient Knightley and Gentle Houses of England Arranged in their Respective Counties 3rd Edition. Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1866. Print.
  6. Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  7. Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
  8. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  9. Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
  10. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Flagg Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Flagg 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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