| ![Show Contents]() Postgate History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of PostgateWhat does the name Postgate mean? The Postgate surname is a habitational (local) name taken on from a place name in North Yorkshire. The place name is derived from the Middle English words "post" meaning a post or pole, and "gate," meaning a road. Early Origins of the Postgate familyThe surname Postgate was first found in the North Riding of Yorkshire at Postgate. One of the first records of the name was Thomas Postgate who was listed in Whitby (near Postgate) in 1349. Richard Poskett was listed in the area in 1514 and later William Postgate and Thomas Poskitt were both listed in the Yorkshire Wills of 1648. 1 Nicholas Postgate (c.1596-1679), the English Catholic martyr was born at Kirkdale House in the parish of Egton, near Whitby. Early History of the Postgate familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Postgate research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1596, 1679 and 1987 are included under the topic Early Postgate History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Postgate Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Postgate, Posthall, Posgate, Postkitt, Poskett, Posskiss, Postkiss and many more. Early Notables of the Postgate family- Nicholas Postgate (c.1596-1679), an English Catholic martyr, condemned under Queen Elizabeth for being a priest, one of the 85 English Catholic Martyrs of England and Wales, beatified by Blessed Pope...
Migration of the Postgate familySome 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..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Postgate (post 1700) | + |
- Richard Oliver Postgate (1925-2008), English animator, puppeteer and writer
- John Postgate (1820-1881), English surgeon and academic, a campaigner against food adulteration
- John Percival Postgate (1853-1926), English Professor of Latin at the University of Liverpool from 1909 to 1920
- Raymond William Postgate (1896-1971), English socialist journalist and editor
- Nicholas "John" Postgate FBA (b. 1945), British academic and Assyriologist, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Oliver Postgate (b. 1925), British animator, puppeteer and writer
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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