Pixley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Pixley family
The surname Pixley was first found in Kent where they held a family seat in the 13th century.
The Pixley variant hails from Pixley, Herefordshire 1 where Hugo de Pikesle was recorded in 1242. 2
Early History of the Pixley family
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Pixley Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Pix, Picks, Pixt, Piex, Piext, Pex, Pext, Pixe and others.
Early Notables of the Pixley family
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Pixley Ranking
In the United States, the name Pixley is the 10,436th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3
Pixley migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Pixley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Benjamin Pixley, who settled in Virginia in 1639
- Benjamine Pixley, who arrived in Virginia in 1639 4
Pixley Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- John Pixley, a bonded passenger who arrived in America in 1732
- Robert Pixley, a bonded passenger who arrived in Virginia in 1734
- Joseph Pixley, aged 53, who landed in New York in 1755 4
Pixley 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:
Pixley Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
- Mrs. Pixley, British settler travelling from London with 3 children and 1 servant aboard the ship "Lady Jocelyn" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 5th November 1873 5
Contemporary Notables of the name Pixley (post 1700) +
- Charles Calvin Pixley (b. 1923), American physician, 34th Surgeon General of the United States Army (1977-1981)
- Gus Pixley (1864-1923), American actor of the silent era who appeared in 132 films between 1910 and 1921
- Frank Morrison Pixley (1825-1895), American journalist and politician, 8th Attorney General of California
- Annie Pixley (b. 1858), American stage actress
- William Raymond "Ray" Pixley (1907-1936), American racecar driver
- John Pixley, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Columbia County, 1816-17 6
- Frank M. Pixley, American Republican politician, Member of California State Assembly 5th District, 1859-60; California State Attorney General, 1862-63; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1869 6
- F. I. Pixley, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908 (alternate), 1924 6
- Asa Pixley, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904 6
- Francis William Pixley FSA FCA (1852-1933), English accountant, barrister and author
Citations +
- Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html