Show ContentsCrowne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Crowne is an ancient Dalriadan-Scottish nickname for a person with blond hair. The Scottish name Crone was originally derived from the Gaelic word "cron", which means saffron, yellow-colored or dark, and refers to the complexion or hair coloring of the original bearer.

Early Origins of the Crowne family

The surname Crowne was first found in Argyllshire (Gaelic erra Ghaidheal), the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Crowne family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Crowne research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1617, 1640, 1641, 1656, 1660, 1682, 1712, 1890 and 1931 are included under the topic Early Crowne History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Crowne Spelling Variations

Medieval translation of Gaelic names could not be referred to as an accurate process. Spelling was not yet standardized, and names in documents from that era are riddled with spelling variations. Crowne has been written as Crone, Cron, Cronie and others.

Early Notables of the Crowne family

Notable amongst the Clan from early times was

  • William Crowne (1617-1682), English colonel during the English civil war, and one of the early joint proprietors of the province of Nova Scotia in 1656, returning in 1660

Ireland Migration of the Crowne family to Ireland

Some of the Crowne family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 62 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Crowne migration to the United States +

Dalriadan families proliferated in North America. Their descendants still populate many communities in the eastern parts of both the United States and Canada. Some settled in Canada as United Empire Loyalists, in the wake of the American War of Independence. Families on both sides of the border have recovered much of their heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and highland games. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Crowne or a variant listed above:

Crowne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • George Crowne, who landed in Maryland in 1677 1


  1. 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)


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