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The surname Falken was first found in Cumberland where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1327 at Workington when they held lands.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Falken research. Another 78 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Falken History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Falken family name include Falcon, Falken, Faucon, Faulcon, Fulchon and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Falken Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Falken surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Alexander Falcon, who came to Virginia in 1620; Francis Falcon, who was naturalized in Alabama in 1845; and Jacob Falcon, a bonded passenger who arrived in America in 1745..