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Where did the English Kroft family come from? What is the English Kroft family crest and coat of arms? When did the Kroft family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Kroft family history?
Kroft is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in an area that was near the croft.The surname is the northern form of Croft and it's literal meaning is the area of arable land that was located by a cottage that was worked on by the farmer.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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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 Kroft family name include Craft, Crafte, Craftin, Crafton and others.First found in Essex, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kroft research. Another 301 words(22 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1213, 1222, 1275, 1283, 1620, and 1786 are included under the topic Early Kroft History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Kroft. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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. Early immigrants bearing the Kroft surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Kroft Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Nicholas Kroft, who arrived in Philadelphia County, Pa in 1747
Kroft Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Christopher Kroft, who arrived in Baltimore, Md in 1832
- John Kroft, who landed in Somerset County, Pa in 1852
- Leanhard Kroft, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1894
Kroft Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Johann Kroft, aged 59, who arrived at Ellis Island from Hamburg, in 1903
- Arnold Kroft, aged 23, who arrived at Ellis Island from Berlin, in 1904
- Johann Kroft, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Oberdrassen, Hungary, in 1911
- Joseph Kroft, aged 27, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1924
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- Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
- 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.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
- 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).
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Bardsley, C.W. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6).
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Kroft Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Kroft 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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