Show ContentsHolleyoak History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Anglo-Saxon name Holleyoak comes from when the family resided beside a religious marker known as the holy oak or beside a tree known as the evergreen-oak.

Early Origins of the Holleyoak family

The surname Holleyoak was first found in Warwickshire from very ancient times, and were Lords of the manor of Morton Bagot.

Early History of the Holleyoak family

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Holleyoak 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. Holleyoak has been recorded under many different variations, including Hollyoak, Hollyoake, Holyoak, Holyoake, Holleyoak, Holleyoake, Holeyoak, Holeyoake, Holeyoke, Hollyoke, Holleyoke, Hollyhock, Hollihock, Holehock, Hollehock and many more.

Early Notables of the Holleyoak family

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Migration of the Holleyoak 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 Holleyoak or a variant listed above: William Holehock arrived in New York in 1715; John Hollyoke arrived in Virginia in 1767; William Hollyhoag arrived in Pennsylvania in 1866; Edward Holyoke settled in Lynn Massachusetts in 1630..



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