Cornick History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cornick

What does the name Cornick mean?

The name Cornick was first used by the people of an ancient Scottish tribe called the Strathclyde Britons. It is derived from the Gaelic name MacChormaig, which derives from the given name Cormac, meaning charioteer.

Early Origins of the Cornick family

The surname Cornick was first found in Dumfriesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris), a Southern area, bordering on England that today forms part of the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Cornick family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cornick research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1132, 1733, 1750, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1794, 1799, 1811, 1865 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Cornick History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cornick Spelling Variations

Before the printing press standardized spelling in the last few hundred years, no general rules existed in the English language. Spelling variations in Scottish names from the Middle Ages are common even within a single document. Cornick has been spelled MacCormack, MacCormick, MacCormock, McCormick, McCormack, McCormock, Maccormick, Maccormack, Maccormock, McArmick, McCarmick, McCarmike, McKermick, Makarmik, McCornick, Cornick, Cormack, M'Kernock, MacCornack and many more.

Early Notables of the Cornick family

Joseph MacCormick (1733-1799), Scottish divine, son of John Maccormick, a minister at St. Andrews, born in that town 22 Jan. 1733. He graduated M.A. at St. Andrews University in 1750 and was granted a bursary in theology from the university exchequer in the same year. After serving for some years as tutor in the Hepburn family he entered...
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Migration of the Cornick family to Ireland

Some of the Cornick family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 200 words (14 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cornick migration to the United States +

For Scottish immigrants, the great expense of travel to North America did not seem such a problem in those unstable times. Acres of land awaited them and many got the chance to fight for their freedom in the American War of Independence. These Scots and their ancestors went on to play important roles in the forging of the great nations of the United States and Canada. Among them:

Cornick Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M L Cornick, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 1

Cornick migration to Australia +

Cornick Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Joseph Warmer Cornick, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Arab" on February 22, 1834, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 2
Mr. Joseph Cornick, (b. 1820), aged 21, English labourer who was convicted in Dorset, England for 15 years for house breaking, transported aboard the "David Clarke" on 3rd June 1841, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Cornick (post 1700) +

Paul Cornick (b. 1989), American NFL football offensive tackle
Nicola Cornick, British writer of historical romance novels from Yorkshire
Harry Charles Frederick Cornick (b. 1995), English professional footballer
Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick (1947-2014), British bass player, best known as a founding member of the British band Jethro Tull
Andrew Cornick (b. 1981), Welsh field hockey player who represented Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
General Lemuel Cornick Shepherd Jr. (1896-1990), veteran of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, he was the 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps 4

Sources +

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)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Arab voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1834 with 230 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/arab/1834
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 3rd June 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/david-clarke
Lemuel Shepherd. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Lemuel Shepherd. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_C._Shepherd%2C_Jr.