Snapes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Snapes family

The surname Snapes was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Early records reveal Agnes del Snappe in a Huntingdonshire record of 1242; John atte Sneppe in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex; and Robert de Snape in the 1355 Feet of Fines of Yorkshire. Later, we found Roger Snape in the 1525 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex. The name is derived from the Old English word "snaep" or the Old Norman word "snap" which means "dweller by the pasture."

Early History of the Snapes family

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Snapes Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Snape, Snappe, Snepe, Snapes and others.

Early Notables of the Snapes family

Notables of the family at this time include Richard Snappe of Faller in Oxfordshire; Andrew Snape (the younger), serjeant farrier to Charles II, and author of The Anatomy of an Horse (1683); and his son, Andrew Snape (1675-1742), an English cleric, academic and headmaster, provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1719, he died in Windsor...
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Snapes migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Snapes Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Snapes, who settled in Virginia in 1653
William Snapes, who landed in Virginia in 1653 1

Citations +

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)