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![Show Contents]() Blageclugg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of BlagecluggWhat does the name Blageclugg mean? The history of the name Blageclugg begins in the Scottish/English Borderlands with a family of Strathclyde-Briton ancestry. It is a name for a person with dark hair. As such, the Blageclugg surname most likely evolved from a nickname from the Middle English "blakelok," in turn from the Old English blec, meaning "black," or "dark," and locc, meaning a "lock of hair." 1 Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Black Loch, location names in Lanark, Renfrew and Stirling. 2 Early Origins of the Blageclugg familyThe surname Blageclugg was first found in Wiltshire where Peter Blacloke was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 3 Dusting off more old references, we found Adam Blakelok in the Subsidy Rolls for Cumberland in 1332 and Robert Blaykelok in Yorkshire in 1431. 4 About fifty years later in Scotland, "William Blakloche, chaplain in the monastery of Dunfermlyne, appears as charter witness in 1483. " 5 The same source notes two of the same name but with very different stories: "Adam Blaiklok of the West Port of Edinburgh was hanged for perjury in 1615, and another Adam Blaiklok was constable of the parish of Kirkpatrick-Tuxta, 1617." 5 Early History of the Blageclugg familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blageclugg research. Another 176 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1275, 1332, 1400, 1597, 1598, 1637, 1638, 1684, 1721, 1791 and 1801 are included under the topic Early Blageclugg History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Blageclugg Spelling VariationsMedieval Scottish names are rife with spelling variations. This is due to the fact that scribes in that era spelled according to the sound of words, rather than any set of rules. Blageclugg has been spelled Blacklock, Blakelock, Blacklocke, Blakelocke, Blaikelock, Blaiklock and many more. Early Notables of the Blageclugg familyAnother 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Blageclugg Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Blageclugg familyMany Scots were left with few options other than to leave their homeland for the colonies across the Atlantic. Some of these families fought to defend their newfound freedom in the American War of Independence. Others went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these families have recently been able to rediscover their roots through Clan societies and other Scottish organizations. Among them: Thomas Blacklocke, who settled in Virginia in 1623; George Blacklock, who settled in Barbados in 1635; as well as Martha Blacklock, who settled in Maryland in 1722..
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