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![Show Contents]() Acres History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Acres familyThe surname Acres was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in this region and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived. They were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. Early History of the Acres familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Acres research. Another 55 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1597 and 1650 are included under the topic Early Acres History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Acres Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Acre, Acry, Accre, Hacre, Acres and others. Early Notables of the Acres familyMore information is included under the topic Early Acres Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Acres RankingIn the United States, the name Acres is the 18,839th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Acres migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Acres Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Acres, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656 2
- John Acres, who landed in Maryland in 1672 2
- Henry Acres (sometimes Ackers) who settled in Newbury Massachusetts in 1674, and married Hannah Silver
- Henry Acres, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1674
- Ellin Acres, who arrived in Pennsylvania, Virginia or Maryland in 1699
Acres Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Aaron Acres, who settled in Virginia in 1772
Acres Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Elizabeth Acres, who settled in New York in 1832
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Acres Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Esther Acres, who settled in Ontario in 1871
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Acres Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. William Acres, (b. 1802), aged 17, Irish weaver who was convicted in Dublin, Ireland for 7 years, transported aboard the "Castle Forbes" on 3rd October 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1829 3
- Mr. William Acres, (b. 1814), aged 20, Irish farm labourer who was convicted in Tipperary, Ireland for 7 years for manslaughter, transported aboard the "Forth" on 21st October 1834, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 4
- Joseph Acres, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Hooghly" in 1848 5
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The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 6Acres Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Christopher Acres, who arrived in Barbados in 1679
| Contemporary Notables of the name Acres (post 1700) | + |
- Isabella Acres, American child actress
- Mark Acres (b. 1962), retired American NBA basketball player
- Birt Acres (1854-1918), American photographer and film pioneer
- Peter Acres, English actor and musician
- Basil Acres (1926-2000), English footballer
- Adam Acres (1878-1955), Canadian politician
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th December 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/castle-forbes
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th October 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/forth
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) HOOGHLY 1848. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848Hooghly.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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