Wakefield Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Wakefield

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Wakefield history with Wakefield Family Crest
Wakefield Motto Translated
Surname Notables
About Family Crests
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Origin Displayed: English

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

The name Wakefield is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived at Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. However, the surname Wakefield is occasionally derived from another settlement by the ame name in Northumberland. The surname Wakefield belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Wakefield have been found, including Wakefield, Wakefeild and others.

First found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Wakefield, or a variant listed above: Thomas Wakefield settled in Virginia in 1635; Anne Wakefield settled in Massachusetts with her husband in 1638; John Wakefeild settled in Virginia in 1635.

Motto Translated: I conquer difficulties.

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Some noteworthy people of the name Wakefield

Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), English scholar
Charles Cheers Wakefield (1859-1941), 1st Baron Wakefield, Viscount Wakefield, founder of the Wakefield Oil Company, later renamed Castrol
Daniel Bell Wakefield, New Zealand Attorney-General
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), leader in the early colonization of South Australia, and New Zealand
Colonel William Wakefield (1801-1848), New Zealand founder of the city of Wellington
Sir Humphrey Wakefield,
Sir Edward Wakefield,

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Wakefield 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Wakefield 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.