Cakes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cakes

What does the name Cakes mean?

Cakes is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a baker of fine bread. Cakes refers to a maker of cakebrede, bread made in flattened cakes, or of the finer and more dainty quality cakes. This was a popular trade during the Middle Ages.

Early Origins of the Cakes family

The surname Cakes was first found in Cambridgeshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Cakes family

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Cakes Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Cakes has appeared include Cakebread, Cacabred, Cakebred, Cacabread, Cakbred, Cakebrede and many more.

Early Notables of the Cakes family

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Migration of the Cakes family

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Cakes arrived in North America very early: Sarah Cakebread who arrived in Salem in 1630 and Thomas Cakebread in Virginia in 1645.