| ![Show Contents]() MacCracken History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Ireland Early Origins of the MacCracken familyThe surname MacCracken was first found in Wigtown (Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Uige), formerly a county in southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway. However, there is much dispute to the origin of the family. "Various explanations have been given of the origin of this name, the most likely of which is that it is "nothing but a variant owing to the action of two well-known dialectal processes of the name Macnauchton." Settlements from Argyll into Galloway were made about the middle of the eighth century and later, and Watson has pointed out that with regard to dedications in Galloway that there was a close connection between this region and Kintyre." 1 Spellings were very varied as we found: "Michael Makcraken was a follower of the earl of Cassilis respited for murder, 1526. Gilbert M'Crekane was burgess of Wigtown, and Michael M'Crekane notary public there, 1536, and burgess, 1546. John M'Crekane was vicar of Sorbie, 1536, notary public in Wigtown, 1539, and commissary of Fames and Rennys, 1542-1545." 1 Early History of the MacCracken familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacCracken research. Another 109 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1526, 1536, 1540, 1628, 1767, 1791, 1796, 1798 and 1890 are included under the topic Early MacCracken History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. MacCracken Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: MacCracken, MacCrachen, MacCrackan, MacCrackin and others. Early Notables of the MacCracken familyNotable amongst the family at this time was Henry Joy McCracken (1767-1798), "United Irishman, was born in Belfast on 31 Aug. 1767, and brought up to the linen business. At the age of twenty-two he was placed at the head of a cotton factory. Adopting nationalist sentiments, he in 1791 joined with Thomas Russell in the formation of the first society of United Irishmen in Belfast, and gave himself enthusiastically to the working of designs. In October 1796 he was along with his brother William, and imprisoned in Kilmainham gaol for thirteen months. Ultimately he was liberated on bail, and returning...
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Some of the MacCracken family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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| MacCracken migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: MacCracken Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Robert MacCracken, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 2
- Alexander MacCracken, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 2
- Alexander, MacCracken Jr., who landed in New York, NY in 1816 2
- Joseph MacCracken, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 2
- David, Henry, James, John, Nathanial, Patrick, Robert, Ross, Thomas, and William MacCracken all, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860
| Contemporary Notables of the name MacCracken (post 1700) | + |
- Michael Calvin MacCracken (b. 1942), American Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs with the Climate Institute in Washington DC (2002-)
- Edith Maude Marie Bolte MacCracken (1869-1946), née Bolte, an American club woman and civic leader
- Calvin Dodd "Cal" MacCracken (1919-1999), American inventor who made important contributions to energy storage technology and the construction of ice rinks
- John Henry MacCracken (1875-1948), American academic administrator, president of Westminster College and Lafayette College
- Henry Noble MacCracken (1880-1970), American academic administrator who was the fifth president of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York
- William Patterson MacCracken Jr. (1888-1969), American politician from Chicago, the first U. S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics
- Henry Mitchell MacCracken (1840-1918), American educator from Oxford, Ohio, father of Henry Noble MacCracken, John Henry MacCracken
- Paul MacCracken, American Publisher
- S. L. MacCracken, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1960, 1964 3
- Henry F. MacCracken, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1904 3
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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MacCracken migration to the United States 
