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

The Hawk family name is linked to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name comes from the Old English personal name Hafoc, which means hawk. However, the surname Hawk may have been applied as a nickname to someone with a wild or cruel disposition. It may also be an occupational surname given to a "hawker" or someone who held land in exchange for providing hawks to a lord. Lastly, the surname Hawk may be a local surname given to someone who lived in a nook or corner; in this case, the surname is derived from the Old English word halke, which means nook or corner.

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Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Hawk include Hawk, Hawke, Hawkes, Hauk, Hauke and others.

First found in Lincolnshire 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.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hawk research. Another 286 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1705, and 1781 are included under the topic Early Hawk History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 20 words(1 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hawk Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Hawk were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:

Hawk Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Mathew Hawk, who landed in Hingham, Mass in 1638

Hawk Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Andrew Hawk, who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1743
  • Andrew Hawk, who arrived in Philadelphia County, Pa in 1743
  • John B Hawk, who arrived in New England in 1773

Hawk Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Anthony B Hawk, who arrived in New York in 1819

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  • Sergeant John Druse "Bud" Hawk (b. 1924), American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
  • Tony Hawk (b. 1968), American pioneering skateboarder
  • Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk (b. 1968), American professional skateboarder
  • Aaron James "A. J." Hawk (b. 1984), American NFL football linebacker


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  • Adam Hawkes (also Hawk) of Saugus, Massachusetts, 1605-1672; The First Six Generations in America by Ethel Farrington Smith.
  • Early German Hawk Families of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania by Kenneth Hawk Slaker.
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  1. Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. Print.
  2. Hitching, F.K and S. Hitching. References to English Surnames in 1601-1602. Walton On Thames: 1910. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0181-3).
  3. Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
  4. Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
  5. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  6. Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
  7. 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, 1968. Print.
  8. Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
  9. Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
  10. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
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The Hawk Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Hawk 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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