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Bakes Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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Etymology of Bakes

What does the name Bakes mean?

The distinguished surname Bakes comes from the ancient culture of the Anglo-Saxons. The name is derived from the Old English "baecere," meaning "baker," and was first borne as an occupational name. 1 2 3

"Speaking generally, this surname is most numerous in the south of England, and diminishes rapidly in frequency as we proceed northward, until we reach the counties bordering Scotland, where it meets its extinction within sight of the Cheviot Hills. Baker is a name which prefers the coast; and the manner in which it abounds in almost all the coast counties of southern England (excluding Cornwall and Dorset), from Monmouth round to Suffolk, is very remarkable, and not at first sight intelligible. The counties of Monmouth, Somerset, Sussex, and Surrey stand foremost amongst those containing the greatest number of Bakers." 4

Early Origins of the Bakes family

The surname Bakes was first found in Norfolk, where the Pipe Rolls of 1177, list William le Bakere. Later in Lancashire, Robert Bakere was recorded in the Assize Rolls of 1246 and Walter le Backere was listed in Hampshire in 1280. 5

Thirteenth century England was a very different place that today. Early feudal rolls provided the king of the time a method of cataloguing holdings for taxation, but today they provide a glimpse into the wide surname spellings in use at that time. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed: Walter le Baker, Devon; William le Bakere, Oxfordshire; and Alan le Baker, Sussex. 6

In Somerset, records from the first year of King Edward III's reign listed: John le Baker; and Roger le Baker. 7

Early History of the Bakes family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bakes research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1611, 1620, 1625, 1652, 1655, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1683, 1685, 1689, 1716 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Bakes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bakes Spelling Variations

Although the name, Bakes, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Baker, Bakere, Baiker, Backer and others.

Early Notables of the Bakes family

Aaron Eli Baker (1620-1683), an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, President of Madras (1652-1655); Thomas Baker (1625?-1689), an English mathematician, best known for producing a solution of biquadratic equations; Samuel Baker, D.D. (d. 1658), a Church of England clergyman and divine; James Baker (died 1689), an English lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury...
Another 58 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bakes Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Bakes family to Ireland

Some of the Bakes family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 78 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bakes migration to the United States +

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Bakes family name Bakes, or who bore a variation of the surname were

Bakes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ludwig Bakes, who arrived in New York in 1883 8

Bakes 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:

Bakes Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mrs. Bakes, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Tainui" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand in December 1890 9
  • Miss Bakes, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Tainui" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand in December 1890 9

Contemporary Notables of the name Bakes (post 1700) +

  • Robert E. Bakes, American politician, Justice of Idaho State Supreme Court, 1971-93; Appointed 1971; Retired 1993 10
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  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  4. Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
  5. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  6. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  7. Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
  8. 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)
  9. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  10. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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