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Capon History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

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Capon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The family name Capon is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon names of Britain. It was originally a name for a person who worked as a poultry farmer, having derived from the Old French word Capone. The surname also has origins as a nickname, which refers to a young hen.

Early Origins of the Capon family

The surname Capon was first found in Cambridgeshire, where one of the first records of the name was Simon Capun was listed in the Feet of Fines in 1227.

Early History of the Capon family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Capon research. Another 179 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1382, 1400, 1480, 1500, 1530, 1533, 1539, 1541, 1550, 1557, 1757, 1800, 1827 and 1862 are included under the topic Early Capon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Capon Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Capon include Capon, Capun, Capoun, Caponne, Capunne, Caponn, Cappon and many more.

Early Notables of the Capon family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

William Capon (1480-1550), an English churchman and scholar; and his brother, John Capon alias Salcot (d. 1557), Bishop of Salisbury, a Benedictine monk, Abbot of Hyde Abbey (1530), Bishop of Bangor (...
William Capon (1757-1827), was a prominent painter and architect

Capon Ranking

In France, the name Capon is the 4,362^nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Capon migration to the United States +

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Capon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Capon, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 2
Jacob and Jane Capon, who settled in Virginia in 1708
Rowland Capon, a bonded passenger, who arrived in America in 1769

Capon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Fco Capon, aged 28, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1826 2
Jannes Capon, aged 70, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 2
Maria Capon, aged 47, who landed in New York, NY in 1854 2
Maria Capon who arrived in the New York in 1854
Alfred Capon, aged 26, who landed in America, in 1895

Capon Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Leon Capon, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from London, in 1904
Kate Capon, aged 27, who landed in America from Bearstead, Eng., in 1906
Alfred Benson Capon, aged 4, who immigrated to the United States from Charlton, England, in 1908
Annie W. Capon, aged 26, who settled in America from Mandstone, England, in 1908
Cora Capon, aged 32, who immigrated to America from Charlton, England, in 1908
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Capon migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Capon Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Arthur Leison Capon, aged 58, who settled in St Catharines, Ontario Canada, in 1915
Grace Capon, aged 24, who immigrated to St Catharines, Ontario Canada, in 1915
Helen Capon, who settled in Ontario, Canada, in 1924
James Capon, aged 42, who settled in Ontario, Canada, in 1924
Florence Gould Capon, aged 46, who immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1924
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Capon migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Capon Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss Martha Capon, English convict who was convicted in Norfolk, England for 7 years for larceny, transported aboard the "Canada" in March 1810, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3

Capon migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Capon Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Harry Capon, (b. 1843), aged 32, English flatclayer from Suffolk travelling from London aboard the ship "Waimate" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th December 1875 4
Mrs. Emily Capon, (b. 1844), aged 31, English settler from Suffolk travelling from London aboard the ship "Waimate" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th December 1875 4
Mr. Harry W Capon, (b. 1866), aged 9, English settler from Suffolk travelling from London aboard the ship "Waimate" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th December 1875 4
Mr. William Capon, (b. 1864), aged 11, English settler from Suffolk travelling from London aboard the ship "Waimate" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th December 1875 4
Mr. Alfred Capon, (b. 1868), aged 7, English settler from Suffolk travelling from London aboard the ship "Waimate" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th December 1875 4

Capon migration to West Indies +

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. 5

Capon Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Edward Capon, a bonded passenger, who settled in Barbados in 1663

Contemporary Notables of the name Capon (post 1700) +

Josh Capon (b. 1973), American chef and television personality on the Food Network
Robert Farrar Capon (b. 1925), American Episcopal priest and author
Edmund Capon AM OBE (1940-2019), English-born Australian art historian and curator, director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1978–2011)
Stephen Capon (b. 1927), former English cricketer
José Luis Capón González (1948-2020), Spanish footballer from Madrid who died at the age of 72 from pneumonia resulting from COVID-19
Claude Antoine Capon de Château-Thierry, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
Harry Paul Capon (1912-1969), British author and film editor
Frank Capon (1916-2004), English-born, Canadian business executive

Historic Events for the Capon family +

HMS Hood

Mr. Leslie A Capon (b. 1900), English Ordinary Seaman serving for the Royal Navy from Sandhurst, Berkshire, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 7

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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 9th December 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/canada
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Claude Capon. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm