Prokter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Ireland

Etymology of Prokter

The ancient name of Prokter finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a steward. Prokter is an occupational surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Occupational surnames were derived from the primary activity of the bearer. In the Middle Ages, people did not generally live off of the fruits of their labor in a particular job. Rather, they performed a specialized task, as well as farming, for subsistence. Other occupational names were derived from an object associated with a particular activity. This type of surname is called a metonymic surname. This surname comes from the Old English word proketour, which is a contracted form of the Old French procurator.

Early Origins of the Prokter family

Early History of the Prokter family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Prokter research. Another 127 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1521, 1536, 1537, 1540, 1578, 1584, 1632, 1692 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Prokter History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Prokter Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Prokter family name include Procter, Proctor and others.

Early Notables of the Prokter family

Sir Edward Proctor who married into the distinguished family of Beauchamp. Thomas Proctor (fl. 1578), was an English poet, the son of John Proctor, first master of Tunbridge grammar school. John Proctor (1521-1584), was an English divine and historian, a native of Somerset, was elected scholar of Corpus Christi, Oxford, in January 1536-1537, and fellow...
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Migration of the Prokter family to Ireland

Some of the Prokter family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Prokter family

For 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 Prokter surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Thomas Procter settled at Placentia, Newfoundland, in 1725; Mark Procter settled in St. John's in 1816; James Procter settled in Grand Bank in 1850.