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The ancestry of the name Crag dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived at the crag or crags in the county of Lancashire.
The surname Crag was first found in West Yorkshire at Cragg Vale, a village that dates back to Roman times. The Cragg Vale Coiners were a band of counterfeiters from the area who produced fake gold coins in the late 18th century. The gang was hunted down and one of the was murdered.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Crag research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1332, 1657, 1686, 1713 and 1721 are included under the topic Early Crag History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Crag have been found, including Cragg, Crag, Cragge and others.
Notables of the family at this time include
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Crag, or a variant listed above: