Crake History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Crake family

The surname Crake was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from early times. Craik is also a village in Craik Forest, by the Airhouse Burn in the Scottish Borders.

Early History of the Crake family

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Crake Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Crake, Craik, Crayke, Craike, Creike, Creyke and others.

Early Notables of the Crake family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

Crake of Yorkshire

Crake migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Crake Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M. Crake who settled in San Francisco, California in 1850
George Crake, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1878 1

Crake migration to Australia +

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

Crake Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Thomas Crake, English convict from York, who was transported aboard the "Adelaide" on August 08, 1849, settling in Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip, Australia 2

Crake 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:

Crake Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

G. Crake, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "City of San Francisco" in 1876
W. Crake, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "City of San Francisco" in 1876

Citations +

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)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 17) Adelaide voyage to Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip, Australia in 1849 with 303 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/adelaide/1849