| ![Show Contents]() Silks History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of SilksWhat does the name Silks mean? The history of the Silks name began with the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from the baptismal name for the son of Cecil, deriving from the nickname Sill. After the Norman Conquest, the Old English naming system gradually dissolved. Old English names became less common and were replaced by popular continental European names. The earliest surnames in England were found shortly after the Norman Conquest and are of Norman French rather than native English origins. Early Origins of the Silks familyThe surname Silks was first found in Derbyshire where they held a family seat from early times and were anciently descended from the distinguished Saxon family who held a family seat there well before the Norman Conquest. The name is derived from a colloquial term in Derbyshire about the year 1000 describing a thrush, i.e. a "shrilcock" or "shilcock." Early History of the Silks familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Silks research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1283, 1379 and 1781 are included under the topic Early Silks History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Silks Spelling VariationsSound 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 Silks family name include Silcock, Silcocks, Silcox, Sylcox, Sylcock, Shilcock, Shrilcox, Shrilcocks, Silk and many more. Early Notables of the Silks familyMore information is included under the topic Early Silks Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Silks migration to the United States | + |
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 Silks surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Silks Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Anna Maria Silks, aged 20, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 1
Silks Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Pedro Silks, aged 36, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1837 1
- 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)
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