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Where did the English Rackley family come from? What is the English Rackley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Rackley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Rackley family history?
The Rackley surname is a habitational name from a place in Sussex, so named from Old English words "hreac," meaning "mound," and "ham," or "homestead."
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The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Rackley has been recorded under many different variations, including Rackham, Reckham, Rakeham, Rackley, Rakeley and others.First found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when John Rackham held lands.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Rackley or a variant listed above:
Rackley Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Eva May Rackley, aged 25, who landed in America, in 1893
- Francis Rackley, who settled in America, in 1893
- W Rackley, aged 43, who emigrated to America from Yateley, in 1894
Rackley Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Marie Ada Rackley, aged 29, who emigrated to the United States from Battersea, in 1905
- Jaremiah Rackley, aged 21, who settled in America from Kittamey, Ireland, in 1913
- Frank Rackley, aged 36, who landed in America, in 1918
- Stephen Rackley, aged 40, who landed in America, in 1921
- James Rackley, aged 26, who emigrated to the United States, in 1923
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- Marvin Eugene Rackley (b. 1921), retired American Major League Baseball outfielder
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- Derek Rackley (b. 1977), American National Football League long snapper, tight end
- William "Will" Rackley III (b. 1989), American football offensive guard
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- 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.
- Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
- Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
- MacAulay, Thomas Babington. History of England from the Accession of James the Second 4 volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1879. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Rackley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Rackley 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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