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Early Origins of the Gaip family

The surname Gaip was first found in Somerset where the name was first referenced in the year 1243 when they held estates in that shire. The famous New Zealand Gapes family hailed from Saffron Walden in Essex and emigrated to New Zealand in 1859.

Early History of the Gaip family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gaip research. Another 147 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1646, 1660, 1661 and 1678 are included under the topic Early Gaip History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gaip Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Gaip has been recorded under many different variations, including Gape, Gapes, Gapp, Gaip and others.

Early Notables of the Gaip family

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Migration of the Gaip family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Gaip or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..



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