Moorecroft History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Moorecroft family

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

Early History of the Moorecroft family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Moorecroft research. Another 58 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1528, 1548, 1559 and 1634 are included under the topic Early Moorecroft History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Moorecroft Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Moorcroft, Moorecroft, Morecroft, Morecrofte and others.

Early Notables of the Moorecroft family

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Moorecroft migration to the United States +

Moorecroft Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edmund Moorecroft, who landed in Virginia in 1638 1
Henry Moorecroft, who arrived in Virginia in 1640 1

Historic Events for the Moorecroft family +

RMS Lusitania

Mrs. Fanny Jane Moorecroft, English Stewardess from England, who worked aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and survived the sinking by escaping in life boat 15 2

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)
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 7) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/