Killpack History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The Killpack name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Killpeck, (Kilpeck) a parish, in the union of Dore, Upper division of the hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford (Herefordshire.) [1] [2] [3]

This ancient place dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was registered as Chipeete. [4] According to the Domesday Survey, Kilpeck had "3 ploughs, 2 serfs and 4 oxmen and there are 57 men with 19 ploughs." The place name is derived from the Welsh word "cil", meaning "corner, nook." [5]

This is the first evidence pointing to the possible Welsh origin of the name. In Welsh, the parish is named Llanddewi Cil Pedeg as in the 9th century, the area around Kilpeck was within the Welsh kingdom of Ergyng. An Archaeological Journal on the Remains of Shobdon Old Church, Herefordshire notes that the south door of the church of Kilpeck includes "figures of men supposed to represent Welsh knights, arranged in couples and interwoven with tracery" and "other monuments on the borders of Wales" include similar figures. "The two figures at Kilpeck are armed respectively with a sword and a kind of mace." The church is thought to have been built c. 1135.

Early Origins of the Killpack family

The surname Killpack was first found in Shropshire (Salop), where one of the first records found was that of Hagh de Kilpec, Salop, Henry III-Edward I. [6]

Early History of the Killpack family

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Killpack 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 Killpack has undergone many spelling variations, including Kilpack, Killpack, Kilpac, Kilpak, Killpak, Kilpeck, Killpeck, Kilpec, Killpec, Killpoch, Kilbeck, Killbeck, Kilbec and many more.

Early Notables of the Killpack family

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Killpack migration to the United States +

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 Killpack were among those contributors:

Killpack Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Q. Killpack, who landed in America from Wellrk, in 1919

Contemporary Notables of the name Killpack (post 1700) +

Louise Killpack, American actress, known for American Nobody (2016)
Denise Killpack, American actress, known for Batman Returns (1992)
Zack Killpack, American actor, known for Laser Grapes of Space Wrath (2008)
Sheldon Killpack (b. 1968), American Republican politician, Member of the Utah Senate (2003-2010), Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 2008 [7]

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Testa de Nevill or "Liber Feodorum" or "Book of Fees," thought to have been written by Ralph de Nevill, for King John (1199–1216)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2012, February 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html