Pike Name Study

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Hi everyone and welcome to the Pike Name Study !!

Note: the Pike Name Study changed to the current format of multiple pages for your personal research, teams etc @ 15 June 2021 based on Guidelines provided by the One Name Studies Project.

About the Project

The Pike Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Pike name, and variants such as Pyke. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Pike name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual team studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Pike's), by time period (18th Century Pike's), or by topic (Pike DNA, Pike Occupations, Pike Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Please make sure any Pike or Pyke profiles you manage are included in this study by checking they include the Pike Name Study Category

You might also like to consider joining this project if you would like to contribute further. There are things you can do to help regardless of whether you are a member of the Pike Name Study project.

See also: related surnames and surname variants.

Goals

1. To create a meaningful bio for each profile so that it represents a person's life
2. To document and correctly connect all Pike/Pyke lines on Wikitree into the main tree
3. To add Pike DNA results to help confirm connections
4. To develop a reference library specifically for Pike/Pyke genealogy research

Origins of the Pike Name

A long time ago I read that the Pike name came from "A man that lived near a road or fought with a Pike" I don't believe this. There were no known Pikes in the UK until the Norman invasion and believe it is derived from a version of the French name Pique. Edward Pike

The origins of the Pike name are not entirely clear. Some of the suggested origins for adoption of the surname have been based upon:

• Physical attributes resembling "pike" (the fish, being named from its pointed jaw)
• Association or occupation, such as for a fishmonger, or a fisherman for "pike"
• Occupation or association with the turnpike, or turning pike, a horizontal timber mounted so as to be able to spin or turn; serving as a barrier to block passage until a toll had been paid
• Occupation or association for one who worked the soil using a pointed tool (pike) for breaking up the earth
• Occupation for a soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp metal end on a long pole (derivation is from the Old French "pique", pike)
• Derivation from the word "peak", such as when somebody resided at the peak of a hill

The origins of the Pike Name has been discussed on many websites, including:

• Wikipedia: Pike (surname)
• "Pike One-Name Study" Guild of One Name Studies. one-name.org
• SurnameDB: Last name: Pike
• Forebears: Pike Surname
• FamilySearch: Pike

Pike Family Coats of Arms

Several different coats of arms have been used by various Pike and Pyke families. 

Pike Coat of Arms

The coat of arms adopted by the Pike Family Association in 1902 is said to have been brought to Massachusetts with John Pike when he settled there in 1635. 

See Pike Family Coats of Arms for further information and images of other Pike Family Coats of Arms.

Arms of Pyke of London

Edward Pyke of London Dyer 1634

Pike Name Distribution

The Pike surname has historically tended to be most common in the English West Country, especially in the counties of Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire. A map showing the 1881 distribution of the Pike surname can be viewed here.

See also:

• Pike Surname DNA Project at math.mun.ca
• "Pike One-Name Study" Guild of One Name Studies. one-name.org
• Wikipedia: Pike (surname)
• Forebears: Pike Surname Distribution Map 2014
• MyNameStats: Last Name PIKE US National Statistics
• Your Family History: Pike Surname Distribution Maps UK 1841 - 1911
• FindMyPast: Where do Most Pikes Live? UK Census 1841 - 1939
• FamilySearch: Surname Distribution Maps

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pike : 92.52% White (2010) - see 23andMe

Pike Name Frequency

Forebears: Surnames Pike Incidence in 2014: (in order of Most common to Least Common)

Greenland: Pike is the 161st most common surname

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Pike is the 189th most common surname

Wales: Pike is the 326th most common surname

England: Pike is the 543rd most common surname

Australia: Pike is the 577th most common surname

Jersey: Pike is the 664th most common surname

New Zealand: Pike is the 835th most common surname

Canada: Pike is the 856th most common surname

United States: Pike is the 1,268th most common surname

Scotland: Pike is the 1,912th most common surname

Northern Ireland: Pike is the 2,605th most common surname

Ireland: Pike is the 3,146th most common surname

Wikipedia: Pike (surname) Incidence:

United States: Pike is the 1138th most common surname (based on the 1990 census).

England and Wales: it is the 513th most common surname (based on a Sept 2002 database of the Office for National Statistics).

Newfoundland: Pike is especially common, ranking 22nd among all surnames there (based on the 1955 voters list, as reported by E.R. Seary in "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland").

Britain: At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Wiltshire (7.3 times the British average), followed by Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Gloucestershire, the Channel Islands and Surrey.

The Pike surname appears in FamilySearch across 5 countries: US: 34%, England: 24%, Canada: 4%, Wales: 1%, Australia: 1% (Pike-5935 06:01, 29 June 2021 (UTC)). Check current data Here

The last UK Census that I saw found that grouped surnames had most of the Pikes in southern England. Edward Pike

Pike Name Study Category

This profile is part of the Pike Name Study.

Pike/Pyke profiles which are included in the Pike Name Study are categorised by Location into the Country where the person was born, lived, or died, and in some cases further broken down by their State/Territory/County, and sometimes even the City. Over time this breakdown will be extended as required. The template results in this sticker being displayed on a profile.

The Pike/Pyke profiles included in the Pike Name Study can be found by following the links provided to each Country (and subsequent location breakdown) on the Pike Name Study Category page.

To add a profile to the Pike Name Study for a person who spent their whole life in Hampshire, England, you would add the associated Category template, below the '"Biography" header, for example:

Note: The above template will automatically add BOTH the category and the sticker

To add a profile to the Pike Name Study for a person whose life spanned multiple Countries/Locations, you would only add the Category template ONCE (to ensure just ONE sticker) then include any other categories for your location(s). These additional categories belong above the "Biography" header, for example:

The example above adds BOTH the sticker and 3 Pike Location categories - suitable for a person who was born in Hampshire, England, then emigrated to South Africa where they lived for the rest of their life, but died abroad in the US, and was buried in Tennessee

Please refer to Pike Name Study Category for further details on how to use the template relevant to the Location(s) of your managed profile(s).

P.S. If you don't like having the Pike Name Study sticker on a profile you manage, you can remove this by REPLACING the sticker template with JUST the category: (for example)

with just the category:

This results in NO sticker displayed on the profile, whilst retaining the category for use by the Pike Name Study.

Note: If you require a location not already catered for (or would just like some help in catering for your own specific locations or preferences), please contact Christine Pike for assistance.

See also: Space:Category_Guidelines_for_Name_Studies

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

It is very common to find inconsistencies in the spelling of Pike/Pyke in records prior to widespread literacy, particularly in families of "working class" backgrounds. It is only in more recent generations where families started to insist upon particular spellings for their family. Even in records kept by churches there were inconsistencies across parishes, and individual members of the church who maintained these records over time, even within the same parish.
In my own family, Pike-5935, records varied across generations, but tended to be Pyke until they emigrated to Australia, where most of the time they stuck with Pike, as this was how it had been spelt in their immigration and shipping records.

Variants of the surname Pike, include:

• Pyke
• Pykes
• Pikes
• McPike
• Picke
• Pique
• Peake
• Pack
• Speight

To date the Pike Name Study has focused predominantly on Pike and Pyke.

Note: There are also other variants of Pike, which have their own dedicated Name Study, such as:

• Pack, see also Pack Name Study

How to Join

To join the Pike Name Study, first start out by browsing our current teams to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment there, and then dive right in!

If a team does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please consider adding a new Research Page.

... ... ... is a member of the Pike Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Membership

• Eddie Pike: Team Leader Started the Pike Name Study in 2016.

concentration on Pike mainly below the Mason Dixon Line and in the United States to start. One Ky. family from Germany, several in New England many single families, from The British Isles with a few from the midwest. Pike-230120:52, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Since I wrote the above the Pike DNA Project has contacted me and said my DNA points that I am from Mass. and a descendant of James Pike that I believe was born about 1647 and may be my emmegrator Pike. Further DNA info from 23 and Me states that my Pike DNA in England was William The Conquerer Era or later and since my Pikes have resided in England and Ireland until the immigration to the US. On my Paternal side I'm 67% Ireland/England, 25% French, German, Belgum. About 2% Dane, 2% Swedish. Pike-2301 16:28, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

• Robin Kabrich: Has most of her Pike's in the New England area.

• Christine Pike: Joined in 2018. Particularly interested in Pike/Pyke families who emigrated from to Australia or New Zealand (usually from England). You can read more about my own Pike family origins here

• Judi A Knight: I noticed you added the Pike Name study to a few of my relatives. I am new to wikitree but would like to join in on this study and contribute however I can?

I have traced ancestors back from Pike line to "Daughters of Revolution entry" (Pike-2644) as well as connections along this line, back to the Mayflower (through wife of Pike-3795)? I have checked documents as I've gone along but still need to go back and add in the documentation I have. Thank you, Judi A Knight

• Nicki Davis: I have a number of Pike relatives in Newfoundland, Canada and would like to contribute as much as possible.

• Linda Chickering: I have Pike ancestors who migrated from Laois, Ireland > Ontario, Canda >Michigan, USA. I would be pleased to work with other researchers.

• Elise Hachfeld: My 2nd great grandfather, Verne Clement Pike was a Pike whose Pike ancestors immigrated to the United States.

What are you working on now?

Eddie Pike	Currently "taking a break from Wikitree"
Christine Pike	Preparing Category: Newfoundland and Labrador, Pike Name Study for review and restructure to use a simple geographical location approach Extending the Location breakdown of the Pike Name Study Categories (as required) Unconnected and Unsourced Pike/Pyke profiles (ongoing) Improving page: Pikes in Australia (ongoing)
Add your name here	Your current activity

What You Can Do

Here are some things you can do (whether you are a member of the Pike Name Study, or not):

• Add the Pike/Pyke Name Study Category for the Location where they were born, lived or died to all of the Pike/Pyke profiles which you create and/or manage.
• Write comprehensive and well-sourced Biographies for your own Pike/Pyke profiles. See suggestions at Steps Towards Improved Profiles
• Check the "Suggestions List" (under your My WikiTree menu) for potential improvements to your own profiles
• Clean up any GEDCOM junk for the Pike/Pyke profiles which you create and/or manage. See the following links for guidance and suggestions:
  • Help:GEDCOM-Created Biographies
  • WikiTree AGC (Automatic GEDCOM Cleanup)
  • Video by Julie Ricketts: GEDCOM Created Biography Clean up
  • Data Doctor Video: Suggestion 853 Gedcom Junk

Don't forget you can always ask questions in G2G if you need genealogy help

Task List

Here are some tasks requiring (often ongoing) effort which team members can contribute to:

1. Find and add sources and/or connections for Unsourced Pike/Pyke profiles
2. Add the relevant Pike/Pyke Name Study Category for the Location where they were born, lived or died, to new and existing Pike/Pyke profiles (ie. monitor the Pike or Pyke Activity Feeds to check for new Pike/Pyke profiles and check if they have been included)
3. Improve existing Pike/Pyke profiles by searching for original or primary sources rather than derivative documentation and add these sources to profiles (for example, a FamilySearch ID link alone is insufficient as a source - but it may lead you to some good sources which can be included)
4. Check for existing Pike/Pyke duplicates and request merges
5. Connect Unconnected Pike or Pyke Profiles into the main tree (by expanding them until you reach a family member, not necessarily a Pike, who is already connected)
6. Adopt a Pike profile (one that has been abandoned/no profile manager) and improve its Biography or add sources.
7. Monitor the Pike Error Feed and try having a go at fixing some of the easier errors for profiles with no profile manager
8. If you are a male with the Pike surname or a variant and haven't already, please consider testing your yDNA - see Pike Surname DNA

Pike Family Brickwalls

Many families have frustrating Brickwalls they reach and cannot move past when researching ancestors. You can add your own Pike/Pyke family Brickwall to the list below. Perhaps others might be able to help you in breaking down your brickwall, and can offer their assistance:

• John Pike (abt.1788-bef.1870) - Eddie Pike's Brickwall:

John Pike is found in Casey County Kentucky in 1803 when the county was separated from Lincoln County and that he was a possible slave owner. John Pike showed up on the county tax records that only proves that he was an adult of at least 21 or he was a property owner and at least 18 years of age living with 1 or both parents. He is not found him on the records of that county after that, but shows up in Pendleton County Kentucky in 1830 and married Mary Courtney in the same county in 1832.

• Joseph Pike (abt.1748-bef.1818) Christine's Brickwall:

Joseph Pike/Pyke signed marriage banns with Ann Lovelock on 7 Feb 1779, at Tidcombe, Wiltshire, England. They had (at least) 8 children, 2 of whom emigrated to Australia in 1840 with their wives and children. Joseph died in 1818, in Tidcombe, Wiltshire, England, aged 70. Based on his age at death, and the history of the village (thought to have originally been part of the Bedwyn estate) it seems likely that Joseph came to Tidcombe as a worker as part of the construction of the Manor house in 1770, so Joseph was (probably, but uncertain) born in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire about 1748.

• Abraham Pike (1784-1827) Linda's Brickwall:

Abraham Pike emigrated from Ireland, either from Queenstown or Queen's County (now Laois) to Brantford, Ontario, in 1819. He was married to Hannah Heritage and they had 8 children in Brant Co, Ontario.

Research Pages

• Pike pedigrees
• Pikes in Australia
• Add a link to any new Research Page here

If a team does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please consider starting your own Research Page using a |free-space profile - please make sure you add a link above to your Research Page.

Teams

Pikes in England
Pikes in United States
Pikes in Canada	Nicki Davis
Pikes in Australia	Christine Pike
Pikes in New Zealand

Are you interested in joining an existing team, or starting a new team?
Please add yourself, and/or your new team to the table above.

DNA

View list of existing DNA connections for the surname Pike in Wikitree (Hint: A search box for other surnames is also included)

Some external Pike DNA Projects:

• Pike Surname DNA Project (math.mun.ca global DNA study)
• "Pike One-Name Study" Guild of One Name Studies. one-name.org
• "Pike DNA Project." International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) isogg.org. (global DNA project)
• "Pike." familytreedna.com. (DNA project)

Pike Surname DNA Project (Y-chromosome)

There is a Pike Surname DNA Project that you may wish to join (or just read about) at math.mun.ca. The basic idea behind the project is to use genetic analysis to assist with Pike genealogy. By comparing the genetic signatures for various Pike family lines one can find out which ones are related, and which are not (regardless of whether corresponding historical records are available). 

Note: The Pike Surname DNA Project focuses on the male Pike lineage, as it uses the genetic signature of each Pike family line's Y-chromosome.

DNA Test Results from project members include the following clusters, each of which has its own Y-DNA genetic profile:

PikeGroup	Haplogroup	Pike Group/Cluster Description
Group 1 :	R1a	Pikes from Hampshire and Wiltshire, England
Group 2 :	R1b	Pikes of Carbonear, Newfoundland (previously from Poole, Dorset)
Group 3 :	R1b	Relatives of Abraham Pyke of Baltimore, Maryland
Group 4 :	R1b	Pikes from Nottingham, England
Group 5 :	I1	Pikes from St. Mary's County, Maryland
Group 6 :	R1b	Relatives of James Pike of Charlestown and Reading, Massachusetts
Group 7 :	I1	Relatives of Philip Pike (who emigrated from Manchester, England to Kittery, Maine)
Group 8 :	I1	Pikes of Adair County, Kentucky; Edgefield County, South Carolina; and Roanoke, Alabama
Group 9 :	R1b	Descendants of Wesley Pike and Olivia Drake
Group 10 :	R1b	McPike, McPeak, and related surname variants
Group 11 :	J2	Pikes from Virginia
Group 12 :	R1a	Pikes from Germany and Pennsylvania
Group 13 :	J2	Pikes from Pimperne, Dorset
Group 14 :	R1b	Pikes from Truro, Massachusetts
Group 15 :	I1	Pikes from Headcorn, Kent
Group 16 :	R1b	Relatives of Robert Pike who married Anny Anderson in 1781 at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
Group 17 :	R1b	Pikes from Dowlish Wake (Somerset), Bristol (Gloucestershire), Glyncorrwg (Wales), Yarcombe (Devon), London and the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland
Group 18 :	R1b	Descendants of Hugh Pike of Newbury, Massachussets (including descendants of Rufus Pike of Franklin, New Hampshire)
Group 19 :	G	Pikes from Eggesford and Salcombe Regis, Devon
Group 20 :	R1b	Pikes from the vicinity of New Harbour and Old Perlican, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland (possibly originating at Christchurch, Hampshire)
Group 21 :	I	Pikes from Lilstock, Somerset and Stockland, Dorset
Group 22 :	R1b
Group 23 :	R1b
Group 24 :	I2	Pikes from Tetbury, Gloucestershire

See also:

• Pike DNA Blog
• Stu Pike

Acknowledgements

Thanks to all of the Pike researchers that have contributed. We, as of 12-19-2018 have more than tripled the number of Pike Profiles on WikiTree since this ONS project was started about 3 years ago. We are up to Pike-7027. Again thanks to all Pike researchers and Robin Kabrich and M Bale in the U.S., Christine Pike in Australia, for their work on tagging the ONS on 4 continents. Sincerly, Pike-2301

Original Page Content

The following content is yet to be reviewed/updated

It can probably be moved to (future) free space pages for Pikes in United States and Canada

Sources

• A Tenn. Supreme Court case involving Jacob Pike of Tenn. in 1859. Thanks to Bale-77

• Early Canadian Pikes

• The Pike DNA Project on English and early North American Settlers. Pike-2301 18:28, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
• Colonial Mass. Pikes
• book by Daughters of the American Revolution. 1900. Washington, D.C. : The Society ; Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co.
• New York Pike Branch https://archive.org/stream/lineagebook3433daug#page/6/mode/2up
• http://karen-zimmerman.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I4&tree=pike
• Newspaper Sources on Alfred Jones Pike (1849 - 1923) 1
  
• Newspaper Sources on Alfred Jones Pike (1849 - 1923) 2
  
• Newspaper Sources on Alfred Jones Pike (1849 - 1923) 3 Thanks to Bale-77
• https://archive.org/stream/babcockgenealogy00babc#page/144/mode/2up
• https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/about

• Honi Kleine has some Pike/ Courtney resources at Kleine-49