Hawkrigg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Hawkrigg family

Early History of the Hawkrigg family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hawkrigg research. Another 105 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1285, 1375, 1687, 1691, 1693, 1707, 1718 and 1738 are included under the topic Early Hawkrigg History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hawkrigg Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Hawkrigg family name include Hawkshaw, Hawkeshaw, Hawkshore, Hoxie and others.

Early Notables of the Hawkrigg family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Benjamin Hawkshaw (d. 1738), a divine, born in Dublin, and entered Trinity College in 1687. He left Ireland upon the Revolution, and entered St. John's College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. there...
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Migration of the Hawkrigg family to Ireland

Some of the Hawkrigg family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 32 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Hawkrigg family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Hawkrigg surname or a spelling variation of the name include: George Hawkshaw and his son Thomas, who settled in Virginia in 1698; David Hoxie, who came to San Francisco in 1852; and Alexander Hawkshaw, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1855..