Drakford History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Drakford family

The surname Drakford was first found in Cheshire in the year 1550 when Edward Drakeford held estates in the area of Congleton a small town in eastern Cheshire. The name has also been long connected with Staffordshire where it was typically listed as De Drakensford. 1

Early History of the Drakford family

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Drakford Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Drakeford, Drakeforth, Drakefurd, Drakford and others.

Early Notables of the Drakford family

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Drakford migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Drakford Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Ann Drakford, who landed in Virginia in 1663 2

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
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)