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

The name Mair is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name was given to a person who was a person who held the office of mayor. The surname was originally derived from the Old English word maire, which referred to the officer who was in charge of executing summonses and other legal matters. Therefore, the original bearer of the surname Mair held the office of Mayor.

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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 Mair family name include Maire, Myer, Myers, Mair, Maires, Mayers, Meyers, Meire, Meir, Mere and many more.

First found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mair research. Another 295 words(21 lines of text) covering the years 1296 and 1453 are included under the topic Early Mair History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the Mair family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 175 words(12 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 Mair or a variant listed above:

Mair Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Daniel Mair settled in New York in 1774
  • Peter Mair settled in Maryland in 1774
  • Daniel Mair, aged 35, arrived in New York in 1774

Mair Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Charles Mair, aged 28, landed in New York in 1812
  • H Mair, aged 28, arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1822
  • Hugh Mair, who landed in New York in 1825
  • Andreas Mair, who arrived in Baltimore, Md in 1850
  • Thomas Mair arrived in Philadelphia, PA between 1840 and 1860

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  • William Mair, British Aeronautical Engineer
  • Professor Lacey Mair, Anthropology
  • Professor Alexander Mair, Occupational Medicine


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  2. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
  3. Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
  4. Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
  5. 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).
  6. Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  7. Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
  8. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  9. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  10. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
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The Mair Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Mair 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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