Yoak History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Yoak family

The surname Yoak was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 14th century when Roger Yoke held estates in that county in 1317.

Early History of the Yoak family

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Yoak Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Yoke, Yokes, Joke, Jokes, Joach, Yoak, Yoach and many more.

Early Notables of the Yoak family

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Yoak migration to the United States +

Yoak Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Martin Yoak, aged 31, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1739 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Yoak (post 1700) +

Robert W. Yoak, American politician, Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1974 2
Don Yoak (b. 1921), American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Calhoun County, 1953-54 3
Creed Yoak, American Republican politician, Chair of Braxton County Republican Party, 1949 3

Sources +

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html