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

Shave was first used as a surname among the descendants of the ancient Scottish people known as the Picts. It was a name for a person who shared some of the qualities attributed to a wolf. Shave is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress. The surname Shave is derived from the Gaelic first name Sithech, which means wolf.

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Repeated and inaccurate translation of Scottish names from Gaelic to English and back resulted in a wide variety of spelling variations with single names. Shave has appeared Shaw, Shawe, Mac Ghille-Sheathanaich (Gaelic) and others.

First found in Perthshire, where the family appears to have been firmly entrenched in the Eastern coastal regions well before 1000 AD. While some claim that the Clan originally descended from a MacDuff, one of the ancient Earls of Fife, the first official mention in documents shows them to be present at the General Council held by King Malcolm at Forfar in 1061. However, this ancient leadership was challenged by many other Clans Commyns (Cummings) who had leased the Shaw lands of Rothiemurchus.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shave research. Another 424 words(30 lines of text) covering the years 1178, 1226, 1405, 1411, 1527, 1608, 1672, 1692, 1751, 1774, 1776, 1799, 1804, 1826, 1832, 1849, and 1876 are included under the topic Early Shave History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the Shave family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 137 words(10 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Many Scottish families suffered enormous hardships and were compelled to leave their country of birth. They traveled to Ireland and Australia, but mostly to the colonies of North America, where many found the freedom and opportunity they sought. It was not without a fight, though, as many were forced to stand up and defend their freedom in the American War of Independence. The ancestors of these Scots abroad have rediscovered their heritage in the last century through the Clan societies and other organizations that have sprung up across North America. Immigration and passenger ship lists show some important early immigrants bearing the name Shave:

Shave Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Thomas Shave, who arrived in Hingham, MA in 1637
  • Thomas Shave settled in Massachusetts in 1637
  • Thomas Shave, who arrived in Hingham, Mass in 1637

Shave Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Valentine Shave, who came to Philadelphia in 1739

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The Shave Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Shave 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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