Gapp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Gapp family

The surname Gapp was first found in Somerset where the name was first referenced in the year 1243 when they held estates in that shire. The famous New Zealand Gapes family hailed from Saffron Walden in Essex and emigrated to New Zealand in 1859.

Early History of the Gapp family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gapp research. Another 147 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1646, 1660, 1661 and 1678 are included under the topic Early Gapp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gapp Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Gapp include Gape, Gapes, Gapp, Gaip and others.

Early Notables of the Gapp family

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Gapp migration to the United States +

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Gapp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Chris Gapp, who landed in Frederick County, Maryland in 1728 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gapp (post 1700) +

Paul Gapp, American TV critic awarded the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Citations +

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)