Trerice History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The Trerice surname is derived from one of several place name in Cornwall. These place names in turn comes from the Cornish words "tre," meaning "homestead" or "settlement," and "rys," denoting a "ford," or perhaps alluding to a person's name.

Early Origins of the Trerice family

The surname Trerice was first found in Cornwall where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor at Trerice, near Newlyn, South-West Cornwall. Michael Trerice (some sources list him as Mattew,) owned the 500 acres of the Trerice estate, which included the present-day location of Trerice Manor. Ownership passed to an heiress, Joan Trerice in or about the reign of Edward the Third (reign 1327-1377,) who married into a branch of the Arundell family.

Early History of the Trerice family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Trerice research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1646, 1664 and 1687 are included under the topic Early Trerice History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Trerice Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Trerice, Trerise, Tracise, Trarice, Treyice, Trereiss and many more.

Early Notables of the Trerice family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

the Trerice family of Newlyn

Trerice migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Trerice Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Nicholas Trerice, who settled at Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1636, with his wife Rebecca. He was ship Master of the "Planter" on its journey from London to Boston in 1635
Nicholas Trerice, who arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1643 1

Trerice migration to Australia +

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

Trerice Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. James Trerice, (b. 1822), aged 35, Cornish farm labourer travelling aboard the ship "Herefordshire" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 27th May 1857 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Trerice (post 1700) +

H O Trerice, American who founded the Trerice Instrumentation and Controls Company in 1923

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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_nsw_1850_59.pdf