Berkin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Berkin is a habitational name from the civil parish of West Birkin in West Yorkshire. The parish still exists today but remains small with a population of 146 in 2001.

Early Origins of the Berkin family

The surname Berkin was first found in Yorkshire where one of the first records of the name was John de Birkin who held lands there in the time of King John.

Birkin is a parish, in the Lower division of the wapentake of Barkstone-Ash, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. 1

Barking is a large parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Romford, hundred of Becontree, South division of Essex. "The name of this place, formerly written Berking, is by some deduced from the Saxon words Beorce, a birch-tree, and Ing, a meadow; by others from Berg-Ing, signifying a fortification in the meadows, probably from an ancient intrenchment about a quarter of a mile on the road to Ilford, of which there are still considerable vestiges. The town derived its early importance from a very extensive and distinguished abbey, founded in 670, by Erkenwald, Bishop of London, for nuns of the Benedictine order, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which was governed by a long succession of abbesses. Soon after the Conquest, William retired to the town, till the completion of the Tower of London. " 1

There is a small parish named Barking in the union and hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, E. division of Suffolk. 1

Richard be Barking (d. 1246), was an early English judge who was for some years Prior of the Abbey of Westminster. 2

Early History of the Berkin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Berkin research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1394, 1415, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1831, 1922 and 1953 are included under the topic Early Berkin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Berkin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Byrkin, Birkin, Byrken, Birkyn, Byrkyn, Birken and others.

Early Notables of the Berkin family

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Berkin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Berkin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Elia Berkin, who landed in Virginia in 1664 3

Berkin migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Berkin Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Charles Berkin who was convicted in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England for life, transported aboard the "England"on 31st March 1832, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th April 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/england