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![Show Contents]() Five History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland
Five is a name whose ancestors lived among the Picts, a tribe in ancient Scotland. The Five family lived in the barony of Fyvie in the county of Aberdeen. The surname Five belongs to the category of habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Early Origins of the Five familyThe surname Five was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat from very early times, some say long before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D. Fyvie is a village on the River Ytham, and the castle is one of the great tower houses of north eastern Scotland. Early History of the Five familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Five research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1266, 1340, 1475, 1547 and 1700 are included under the topic Early Five History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Five Spelling VariationsThe appearance of the printing press and the first dictionaries in the last few hundred years did much to standardize spelling. Prior to that time scribes spelled according to sound, a practice that resulted in many spelling variations. Five has been spelled Fivie, Fyvie, Fyvey, Fivey, Five, Fyve, Fify and many more. Early Notables of the Five familyMore information is included under the topic Early Five Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Five migration to the United States | + |
The expense of the crossing to the North American colonies seemed small beside the difficulties of remaining in Scotland. It was a long and hard trip, but at its end lay the reward of freedom. Some Scots remained faithful to England and called themselves United Empire Loyalists, while others fought in the American War of Independence. Much of this lost Scottish heritage has been recovered in the last century through Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important, early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Five:
Five Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Lewis Five, who landed in Virginia in 1654 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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Five migration to the United States 
