The name Crowie comes from the ancient
Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a person who bore some fancied resemblance to a crow. This may have been based on appearance, but nicknames often described more intangible strong traits or features of animals. In the Middle Ages,
anthropomorphic ideas were common; people attributed human qualities and form to animals, based on the creature's habits. The surname Crowie is derived from the Old English word
crowe, which in turn came from the Old English words
crawe or
crawa, which mean
crow. Early Origins of the Crowie family
The surname Crowie was first found in
Norfolk and
Suffolk in eastern
England where they held a
family seat from very ancient times before 1100 A.D.
Early History of the Crowie family
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Crowie Spelling Variations
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Crowie has undergone many
spelling variations, including Crow, Crowe and others.
Early Notables of the Crowie family (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir John Crowe of Dromore; William Crowe (1616-1675) was an English clergyman and bibliographer from Suffolk; Sir Sackville Crowe, 1st
Baronet,
(c. 1611-1683) was an...
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Migration of the Crowie family to Ireland
Some of the Crowie family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Crowie family to the New World and Oceana
To escape the unstable social climate in
England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Crowie were among those contributors: William Crow who arrived in Plymouth Massachusetts soon after the Mayflower; Henry Crow settled in Virginia in 1636; Adam Crowe settled in Virginia in 1635.