Pinkey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Pinkey family

The surname Pinkey was first found in Yorkshire where the family was first listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1176. At that time, Adam Pinc held estates in that shire. 1

Early History of the Pinkey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pinkey research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1190, 1200, 1273, 1411, 1455, 1487, 1573, 1599, 1629 and 1647 are included under the topic Early Pinkey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pinkey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pinck, Pinch, Pinches, Pynck, Pinc, Pinke, Pynke and many more.

Early Notables of the Pinkey family

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Pinkey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pinkey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Pinkey, aged 36, who landed in New York in 1812 2

Pinkey migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Pinkey Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

P. Pinkey, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Tongariro" in 1888

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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)