Yoke History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Yoke family

The surname Yoke 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 Yoke family

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Yoke Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Yoke family

the Yoke family of Kent

Yoke migration to the United States +

Yoke Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

George Yoke, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1759 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Yoke (post 1700) +

Frank Roy Yoke (b. 1880), American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Monongalia County, 1933; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, 1937-51 2

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