Delahy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Delahy family

The surname Delahy was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Important Dates for the Delahy family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Delahy research. Another 140 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1510, 1600, 1401, 1534, 1455, 1487 and 1656 are included under the topic Early Delahy History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Delahy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Delahay, Delahey, Dalehaye, Delaheye and others.

Early Notables of the Delahy family (pre 1700)

Distinguished members of the family include Jacquotte Delahaye (floruit 1656), an English pirate, or buccaneer, active in the Caribbean sea. She was also known as "Back from...
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Delahy migration to the United States

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Delahy Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Thomas Delahy, who arrived in Virginia in 1664 ^[1]

Delahy Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• John Delahy, aged 18, who landed in New York in 1854 ^[1]

Delahy migration to New Zealand

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Delahy Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Adam Delahy, aged 21, a house painter, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hudson" in 1879

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Citations

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)