| ![Show Contents]() Snipe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Early Origins of the Snipe familyThe surname Snipe was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Early records reveal Agnes del Snappe in a Huntingdonshire record of 1242; John atte Sneppe in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex; and Robert de Snape in the 1355 Feet of Fines of Yorkshire. Later, we found Roger Snape in the 1525 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex. The name is derived from the Old English word "snaep" or the Old Norman word "snap" which means "dweller by the pasture." Early History of the Snipe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Snipe research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1575, 1576, 1608, 1675, 1683, 1719 and 1742 are included under the topic Early Snipe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Snipe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Snape, Snappe, Snepe, Snapes and others. Early Notables of the Snipe familyNotables of the family at this time include Richard Snappe of Faller in Oxfordshire; Andrew Snape (the younger), serjeant farrier to Charles II, and author of The Anatomy of an Horse (1683); and his son, Andrew Snape (1675-1742), an English cleric, academic and headmaster, provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1719, he died in Windsor...
Another 54 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Snipe Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Snipe migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Snipe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- William Snipe, who landed in Maryland in 1636 1
- William Snipe, who landed in Maryland in 1637 1
Snipe Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Snipe, who arrived in Virginia in 1703 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Snipe (post 1700) | + |
- Warren Snipe (b. 1971), also known by stage name Wawa, a deaf writer, rapper and performer, featured in the R&B artist Maxwell's "Fingers Crossed" lyric video and has completed an album called Deaf: So What
- 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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Snipe migration to the United States 
