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Pridgeon Family Crest
Pridgeon Family Crest
Pridgeon

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

The name Pridgeon came to England with the ancestors of the Pridgeon family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the ancient and forgotten given name Prujean.

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Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Pigeon, Pidgeon and others.

First found in Kent where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pridgeon research. Another 199 words(14 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pridgeon History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Pridgeon name or one of its variants:

Pridgeon Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Lily Pridgeon, aged 36, who emigrated to the United States from Canonsberg, Pennsylvania, in 1911
  • George Pridgeon, aged 23, who landed in America, in 1921

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  • John Pridgeon Jr. (1852-1929), American businessman and politician, Mayor of Detroit, Michigan (1888 to 1889)
  • Alan Paul Pridgeon (b. 1954), retired English first-class cricketer


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  2. 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.
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  6. Hinde, Thomas Ed. The Domesday Book England's Heritage Then and Now. Surrey: Colour Library Books, 1995. Print. (ISBN 1-85833-440-3).
  7. Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
  8. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin . Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
  9. Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
  10. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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