Bicket History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bicket

What does the name Bicket mean?

The Anglo-Saxon name Bicket comes from when the family resided in Northern England where the term 'of the birk-head,' as in "the head of the birches" was derived. Thus the name literally means "dweller by the birch-covered headland." 1 The name is related to the names Birkenhead and Beckett 2 and was frequented in Cumberland and Lancashire. 1

The Birket is a tributary of the River Mersey, on the Wirral, Merseyside.

Early Origins of the Bicket family

The surname Bicket was first found in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire where John de Birkhaved was listed in 1301. Later, John Birkehede was listed as a Freeman or York in 1442 and Henry Brikket, Byrkett was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1524. 1 The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included an entry for Adam Birkeued. 2

Early History of the Bicket family

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Bicket Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Bicket include Birket, Birkett, Bircket, Burkett, Birckett, Burket, Burkert and many more.

Early Notables of the Bicket family

Sir Anthony Birket of Beldorney Castle; Josiah Burchett (1666-1746), Secretary of the Admiralty in England; and William Burkitt (1650-1703), biblical expositor and vicar in Dedham, Essex, best known for his "Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament" published in 1700. 3 Baron Birkett, of Ulverston in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
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Migration of the Bicket family to Ireland

Some of the Bicket family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Bicket migration to the United States +

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Bicket Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

I A Bicket, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1855 4
Robert Bicket, aged 46, who immigrated to America, in 1896

Bicket Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Gilbert Bicket, aged 33, who immigrated to the United States from Kilmornock Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1905
Annie Bicket, aged 50, who settled in America from Kilmornock Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1905
May A. Bicket, aged 9, who landed in America from Kilmornock Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1905
William H. Bicket, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Kilmornock Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1905
Elizabeth Bicket, aged 20, who landed in America from Stevenston, Scotland, in 1914
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Contemporary Notables of the name Bicket (post 1700) +

Harry Bicket (b. 1961), British conductor, harpsichordist and organist

Sources +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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)