Pix History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

Early Origins of the Pix family

The surname Pix was first found in Kent where they held a family seat in the 13th century.

The Pixley variant hails from Pixley, Herefordshire 1 where Hugo de Pikesle was recorded in 1242. 2

Early History of the Pix family

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Pix Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pix, Picks, Pixt, Piex, Piext, Pex, Pext, Pixe and others.

Early Notables of the Pix family

Mary Pix (1666-1709), an English novelist and playwright who lived in London marrying George Pix, a merchant tailor from Hawkhurst, Kent in 1684

Pix migration to the United States +

Pix Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Daniel Pix, who arrived in Maryland in 1671 4

Pix Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Thomas Pix, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1731
Johann Philippus Pix, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 4

Pix migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Second Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Second Fleet

Mr. William Pix, (d. 1792), British settler convicted in Norfolk, England in 1788, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "Admiral Barrington" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 3

Following the Second Fleet, other convicts and early settlers arriving in Australia include:

Pix Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Pix, aged 19, who arrived in South Australia in 1853 aboard the ship "Marshall Bennett" 5

Sources +

Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
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)
South Australian Register Friday 29 April 1853. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Marshall Bennett 1853. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/marshallbennett1853.shtml