Puck History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Puck family

The surname Puck was first found in Sussex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.

Early History of the Puck family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Puck research. Another 120 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1275, 1510, 1562, 1588, 1600, 1633, 1656, 1661, 1667, 1690 and 1724 are included under the topic Early Puck History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Puck Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Puckle, Puckell, Puckel, Puchel, Puchell, Puckles and others.

Early Notables of the Puck family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

James Puckle (1667-1724), an English inventor from London who developed what he called the Puckle Gun, a multi-shot rifle capable of firing nine rounds before being reloaded...

Puck migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Puck Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Friedrich Puck, who landed in New York, NY in 1836 2
Joachim Puck, who arrived in Iowa in 1853 2

Puck migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Puck Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss Rosina Puck, (b. 1841), aged 22, Cornish cook departing from Soton on 5th May 1863 aboard the ship "Caduceus" arriving in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 1st July 1863 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Puck (post 1700) +

Henry E. D. Puck, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1902 4

Historic Events for the Puck family +

Bismarck

Klaus Puck (1918-1941), German Mechanikersobergefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 5

Citations +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_victoria.pdf
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details