Spore History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Spore family

The surname Spore was first found in Cornwall where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Northill. Cornwall was a land set apart, a land of mystique and quaint customs, more strongly related to Brittany and Wales than to England. It was not until the 10th century that they submitted to the Saxon rule of England. Since then, their influence has moved east into Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

Early History of the Spore family

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Spore Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Spoure, Spoor, Spores, Spors, Spoors, Spore and others.

Early Notables of the Spore family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

the Spore family of Cornwall

Spore migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Spore Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Alice Spore, who landed in Virginia in 1634 1
John Spore, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1639 1
George Spore, who arrived in Maryland in 1667 1

Spore migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Spore Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

James Spore, aged 27, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Westminster" in 1843
Dorcas Spore, aged 24, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Westminster" in 1843
Dorcas Elizabeth Spore, aged 1, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Westminster" in 1843
Harriet Spore, aged 30, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Westminster" in 1843

Contemporary Notables of the name Spore (post 1700) +

J. O. Spore, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1960 2

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html