The surname McKnocker was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat in Auchinlek prior to the 15th century. Tracing this family with its numerous spellings is troublesome. Most of the name have adopted the popular spelling of MacNucator or Nucator but some of the numerous, more ancient, spellings still prevail.
Early History of the McKnocker family
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McKnocker Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: MacNucator, Nucator, McKnockatir, McKnokater, McKnocker, McKockiter, McNucatter, McMuncatter, McNucater and many more.
Early Notables of the McKnocker family
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Migration of the McKnocker family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
