| ![Show Contents]() Pecup History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of PecupWhat does the name Pecup mean? The name Pecup is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in Pickup or Pickup Bank in Lancashire. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English word pic-copp which referred to those individuals who lived on a hill with a sharp peak. 1 Early Origins of the Pecup familyThe surname Pecup was first found in Lancashire where they are "from a township and village in the parish of Walley, now styled Yatecum-Pickup Bank." 2 "The Pickups derive their name from Pickup Bank, or Piccopbanke, a, village in Whalley parish. In the 16th century the Piccopps lived at Lower Darwen, a family with which the Piccops of Eccleshill in the succeeding century were connected: from early in the 17th century the Pickops have held their own estate on the borders of Livesey and Tockholes." 3 The Wills at Chester had the following entries: Roger Piccop, of Over Whiteley, 1584; James Piccop, of Nether Darwen, 1592; John Piccope, of Rawtenstall, 1623; John Piccopp, of Eccleshill; Robert Holden, of Picope Bank, 1595; John Tattersall, of Piccope, 1581; and Robert Tattersall, of Piccope, yeoman, 1587. 2 Early History of the Pecup familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pecup research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pecup History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pecup Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Pecup family name include Pickup, Pickupp, Pickopp, Pickop, Picup and others. Early Notables of the Pecup familyMore information is included under the topic Early Pecup Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Pecup familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Pecup surname or a spelling variation of the name include : James, Joseph and William Pickup, who all settled in Philadelphia between 1853 and 1868.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Candide et constanter
Motto Translation: Candid and steady.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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