Lockhead History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Lockhead family

The surname Lockhead was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Lockhead family

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Lockhead Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lochhead, Lochead, Lockhead, Lockheed and others.

Early Notables of the Lockhead family

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Lockhead migration to the United States +

Lockhead Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hugh Lockhead, his wife Isobell and their five children who arrived in New York in 1775
Hugh Lockhead, who arrived in New York in 1775 1
Henry Lockhead, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1777

Lockhead Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Lockhead, aged 33, who landed in New York, NY in 1812 1
John Lockhead, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1840 1

Lockhead migration to Canada +

Lockhead Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

William Lockhead, who arrived in Quebec in 1821

Lockhead migration to Australia +

Lockhead Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

James Lockhead, aged 24, who arrived in South Australia in 1859 aboard the ship "North"

Lockhead 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:

Lockhead Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Robert R. Lockhead, (b. 1856), aged 2 years 6 months, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859 2
Miss Jane A. Lockhead, (b. 1858), aged 11 months, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859 2
Mr. James Lockhead, (b. 1827), aged 31, British farm servant travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859 2
Mrs. Jane R. Lockhead, (b. 1831), aged 27, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859 2
Miss Janet Lockhead, (b. 1834), aged 24, British domestic servant travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859 2
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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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html