| ![Show Contents]() Blacke History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of BlackeWhat does the name Blacke mean? The ancient Anglo-Saxon culture once found in Britain is the soil from which the many generations of the Blacke family have grown. The name Blacke was given to a member of the family who was a person associated with the color black. The name Blacke may have referred to someone with black hair or clothing, or to somone who worked in a profession such as chimney sweeping, which left its practitioners covered in soot. Early Origins of the Blacke familyThe surname Blacke was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. It is said that the first family of Black were converted to Christianity by Paulinus, the head of the family being Prefect of Lincoln, about 628. They moved northward, however, and were well established in Scotland by 1175 A.D. Early History of the Blacke familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blacke research. Another 165 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1756, 1760, 1778, 1797, 1854, 1886 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Blacke History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Blacke Spelling VariationsSound 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 Blacke family name include Black, Blacke and others. Early Notables of the Blacke familyAnother 42 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Blacke Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Blacke family to IrelandSome of the Blacke family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 61 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Blacke migration to the United States | + |
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 Blacke surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Blacke Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Francis Blacke, who arrived in Virginia in 1639 1
- John Blacke, who landed in Virginia in 1649 1
- Elizabeth Blacke, who landed in Virginia in 1649 1
- Daniel Blacke, who arrived in New England in 1651 1
- Robert Blacke, who landed in Virginia in 1651 1
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Blacke Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Rebecca Blacke, who landed in Virginia in 1701 1
- 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)
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