Packe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Packe family

The surname Packe was first found in Languedoc, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Packe family

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Packe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pac, Pack, Paque, Pacques, Le Paque, Pacq, Le Pac, Du Pac and many more.

Early Notables of the Packe family

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Packe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Packe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Packe, aged 23, who landed in Virginia in 1623 aboard the ship "Warwick" 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Packe (post 1700) +

Robert Julian Packe (1913-1935), English cricketer who played for Leicestershire in 1933
George Hussey Packe (1796-1874), English politician, Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven and Holland (1859-1868) and was instrumental in establishing the Great Northern Railway
Sir Edward Hussey Packe KBE DL JP (1878-1946), British civil servant, High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1911
Charles William Christopher Packe (1909-1944), English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1929 and 1934
Lt. Colonel Henry Packe, Commander of the Grenadier Guards of Hurleston, Northamptonshire and Twyford Hall in Norfolk (c. 1847)
Michael St John Packe (1916-1978), English historian, biographer, and cricketer, known for his The Life of John Stuart Mill (1954)
Charles Packe (1826-1896), English lawyer and explorer, noted for his travels in and writing about the Pyrenees
Christopher Packe (1760-1840), English painter

Citations +

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)