| ![Show Contents]() Pakes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Pakes came from the medieval given name, Pack, which is likely a corruption of the personal name Pask. Pakes is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Many patronymic surnames were formed by adopting the given name of an ancestor of the bearer, while others came from popular religious names, and from the names of secular heroes. This surname comes from the vernacular tradition, and was therefore, adopted from an ancestor. Early Origins of the Pakes familyThe surname Pakes was first found in Sussex where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Early History of the Pakes familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pakes research. Another 93 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1593, 1654, 1657, 1682, 1686, 1708, 1743 and 1749 are included under the topic Early Pakes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pakes Spelling VariationsSound 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 Pakes family name include Packe, Pack, Packham and others. Early Notables of the Pakes familyNotables of this surname at this time include: Sir Christopher Packe (1593?-1682), Lord Mayor of London (1654), a prominent member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers; Christopher Packe (c. 1657-1708), an English...
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 Pakes migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Pakes surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Pakes Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Walter Pakes, who landed in Virginia in 1639 1
- Peter Pakes, aged 16, who landed in Maryland in 1646 1
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Libertas sub Rege pio
Motto Translation: Liberty under a pious King.
- 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)
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Pakes migration to the United States 
