Pascowe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The old Cornish name Pascowe is a patronymic surname, formed from the medieval given name Pask. Pask in turn is thought to be derived from the Middle English word "paske," which meant "Easter." [1]

Alternatively the name could have been derived from an ancestor as in 'the son of Pascall'. Pascoe still exists as a font-name in Cornwall, that last sanctuary of old English personal names. [2] "Pascoe is an old and distinguished Penzance [Cornwall] name." [3] The name is "a form of Pascall, long surviving in Cornwall." [4]

Early Origins of the Pascowe family

The surname Pascowe was first found in Cornwall where Hugo filius Pasch is listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of Cornwall in 1279. John Pascowe was listed in a record as being in that county in 1443, and a Paskell Langdon, who died in 1606 was in some instances recorded as Pascowe. [4]

"Erasmus Pascoe, of Trevassick, Phillack, was sheriff of the county in 1720. William Pascoe was mayor of Truro in 1758, and Thomas Pasooe was on the Commission of the Peace for the county in 1803. William Pascow, of this county, contributed £25 to the National Defence Fund at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The name is at present established around Truro and in the neighbouring towns." [3]

To attest the aforementioned used of the name as a forename we found Pascowe, son of John Langdon, 1571 and Paskow, son of Thomas Vivian, 1590. [2]

Early History of the Pascowe family

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Pascowe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pasco, Pascoe, Pascow, Pask, Paske, Pasque and others.

Early Notables of the Pascowe family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Thomas Paske D.D. (died 1662), an English clergyman and academic, Master of Clare College, Cambridge (1620-1645) and (1660-1661.) Thomas Paske of Hadham, apparently a grandson, was admitted to Clare Hall on 1 July 1692, was fellow and LL.D. of Clare, and represented the university of Cambridge in parliament from 1713 until his death in 1720.Rear Admiral...
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Migration of the Pascowe family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Nathaniell Pascoe, who came to Barbados in 1657; Nathaniel Pask (perhaps the same as the aforementioned), who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1682; Abraham Pascoe, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682.

Citations +

Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)