Makar Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Makar Early Origins

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The surname Makar was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Makar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mack, Mak, Makke, Make and others.

Makar Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Makar research. Another 153 words (11 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Makar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Makar Early Notables (pre 1700)

Another 23 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Makar Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Makar In Ireland

Some of the Makar family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 213 words (15 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alexander Mack who settled in Virginia in 1720; Alexander, Ann-Margaret, and Felt, Mack settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1729; Henry Mack settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1651..

Contemporary Notables of the name Makar (post 1700)

Charles A. Makar, American Republican politician, Mayor of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, 1960 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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Citations

^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

Other References

Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Lennard, Reginald. Rural England 1086-1135 A Study of Social and Agrarian Conditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Print.
Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
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The Makar Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Makar Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 10 November 2015 at 10:01.