Peg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Peg family

The surname Peg was first found in Derbyshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Ashbourne held by the King's steward who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.

Early History of the Peg family

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Peg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pegg, Pegge, Peg, Pegh and others.

Early Notables of the Peg family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

Samuel Pegge the elder (1704-1796), an antiquary, born at Chesterfield in Derbyshire. One of his sons, Samuel Pegge - the younger (1733-1800) was an antiquarian, poet, musical composer and lexigraph...
Strelley Pegge of Beauchief, was High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1739

Migration of the Peg family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dan Peggin, who arrived in Virginia in 1652; Ann Pege, who came to Virginia sometime between 1671 and 1672; Stephen Pegg, who settled in Maryland in 1672.

Contemporary Notables of the name Peg (post 1700) +

Peg Moorhouse (1917-2024), New Zealand weaver
Peg Yorkin (1927-2023), American philanthropist, Chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation
Peg Hain, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996 2
Peg Maltby, Australian artist and children's book illustrator
Peg Heal, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2008 3
Peg Blitch, American politician, Member of Georgia State House of Representatives, 1990-92; Member of Georgia State Senate, 1992- 4
Peg Molin (b. 1926), American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988 5
Peg Schaffer, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2008 6
Peg Mullen, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1972 7

Citations +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
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