Crawford Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Crawford

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Crawford history with Crawford Family Crest
Suggested Readings for Crawford
Surname Notables
Clan Badge of Crawford

Septs of Crawford

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: Scottish-Alt, Scottish

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

Crawford is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Crawford is derived from the Old English words "crawa," which means "crow," and "ford," which means "a river crossing," and indicates that the original bearer lived near a ford where crows nested.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Crawford, Crawfurd, Craufurd, Crawferd, Crawfford, Crafford, Craford, Crafort, Crayford and many more.

First found in Lanarkshire, where they were seated 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.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Craford, who settled in Barbados in 1690; Dorothy Crafford, who settled in Virginia in 1642; Ann Crawford, who settled in Augusta Co. Virginia in 1640.

For more information on the last name Crawford, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.

Suggested Readings for the name Crawford

Ancestors and Friends: A History and Genealogy by William Lusk Crawford.
Byram-Crawford and Allied Families Genealogy by Eunice Byram Roberts.

Some noteworthy people of the name Crawford

Ralston Crawford (1906-1978), American (Canadian born) painter
Cindy Crawford (b. 1966), American fashion model
Thomas Crawford (1814-1857), American sculptor
William Harris Crawford (1772-1834), American politician who served in the U.S. Senate (1807-13)
Sir Douglas Crawford, English Brigadier, who was made Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside in 1974
John Crawford (b. 1933), tennis player
Sir John Grenfell Crawford (1910-1985), Australian economist
Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford (1886-1957), English archaeologist
Private William J Crawford, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1943

Crawford Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Crawford
Crafard, Crafarde, Crafart, Crafarte, Crafeard, Crafearde, Crafeart, Craferd, Crafert, Craffard, Craffarde, Craffart, Craffarte, Craffeard, Craffearde, Craffeart, Crafferd, Craffert, Craffith, Craffithy, Crafford, Crafforde, Craffork, Crafforth, Crafforthe, Crafforthy, Crafith, Crafithy, Craford, Craforde, Crafork, Crafort, Craforth, Craforthe, Craforthy, Craufard, Craufarde, Craufart, Craufarte, Craufeard, Craufearde, Craufeart, Crauferd, Craufert, Craufith, Craufithy, Crauforde, Craufork, Crauforth, Crauforthe and more.

Tell Me More About Family Crests

Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Crawford family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Crawford coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Crawford genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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