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Origin of Bak Total Records: 10  Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: Bakker in direct translation from Dutch means baker a person who bakes. Surnames: Bakker Submitted by: Bakker Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: George F?zenbaker, the original Fazenbaker immigrant to America, was among the 'Hessian' soldiers hired by England's King George III to fight against the colonial forces during the American Revolution. George was a private in the 6th Company of the 'Jager-bataillons' (that is, the hunter battalions). To be precise, George was not from that part of Germany known as Hesse, but the term Hessian is customarily applied to all the German soldiers hired by King George. German records show that George was labeled a deserter with full arms and equipment on 4/4/1781. His unit served in Virginia. Western Maryland genealogist Wayne Bittinger noted that 'a history of Germans in the state of Maryland ... reports that he had been taken prisoner of war and had refused return transportation to Germany.' The two accounts, one German and one American, appear to be different perspectives on the same event. George Fazenbaker married Elizabeth ----, who was born in the 1750s or 1760s in Germany. George eventually settled in what is today Garrett County, Maryland. The first known record of the Fazenbaker family in western Maryland was made in 1787, four years after the end of the Revolutionary War. The surname in German contains a letter not used in EngWalt Warnick Surnames: Facenbaker, Fazenbaker Submitted by: Walt Warnick Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: looking for the baker family of thorpe le soken essex.they lived there from about 1840 to 1910.grateful for any information Surnames: baker Submitted by: robin walker Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: the family of Harry James Baker of Elwood Indiana and Jefferson County Indiana Surnames: Baker Submitted by: Gilbert F Russell Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: oldest son, first, early. this family name is named after Abu Baker Al Sedeeq the propht (peace be upon him) companion and first khalifeh Surnames: bakri Submitted by: Ala Al Bakri Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: tile maker Surnames: Pennebaker, Pfannebecker, Pannebecker Submitted by: Paul E. Pennebaker Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: Baeckelandt: Origins of and Meaning of the Flemish Surname Variations of the name BAECKELANDT: BAKELAND BAEKELAND BAECKELAND BAKELANDT BAKELAND BAECKELAND BECKELANDT BAKELANT BAEKELANDT BAKALANDE BAKLANT BAKELANTS Also, BAECQUELANT BOCKLAND BOCKLANDT BOCKLAM BOCKELANDT BAUKELAND - In Flanders family names became general usage in the 12th century. - These were passed along from father to son of course. - The Council of Trent (1563) required pastors to record family names when two people got married. - But spelling was inconsistent even among siblings and between generations. - The earliest record of someone being said to come from a place by the name ?BAKELANDE? is in a reference book on topography on western Flanders that mentions in 1231 a ?Coram Waltero de Bakelande and Waltero de Warenghen? . - The earliest recorded mention of a surname kin is in 1281 under the form BAKELANT: Abraham dou BAKELANT of Avelgem . - At Kortrijk?s ?Kasselrij? the archives mention one Walterus dictus BAKELANT in 1316. - In 1368 a Jhan vanden Bussche is recorded as having changed his name to Jhan BAKELANDE . - Later at Herzeeuw (aka Herseaux) in 1398 a Symon, a Pieter and a Hennequin BAKELANT were already well known in the province of Henegouwen. - In 1449 one Jehane BAKELANTS, daughter of a Jans van CURTRIKE (Kortrijk?), is mentioned as a gatekeeper of Brugge . - The earliest reference I am aware of with the spelling as we make it is the birth notice of a Rogerius BAECKELANDT, born in Tielt February 14, 1619. However, his children spelled their names ?BACKELANT? and ?BACQUELANT? underscoring the inconsistency of the written versions of names and contrasting with today?s legal enforcement of a surname?s specific spelling. - The place name ?Bakeland? appears to have various origins. ?Bakeland? was the name of a feudal manor in Waregem and Deerlijk commonly recognized as early as the mid 14th century - ?Den Bake? is also the name of a strip of land in Berten (part of French Flanders now) in 1541 It is also a district in Poperinge in the 16th century: ?houc de bake?. And in Wingene around 1550 in parishes north of the churches we find places named ?Bakenhof? - To understand the meaning of the name we must break it up into its composite parts, ?Baecke? and ?landt?. ?Landt? of course means ?land? or ?country? or ?place? in English. ?Baecke? is more complex and has several origins. - The simplest reference to ?bake? (the original spelling for ?baecke?) is ham or bacon in Middle Netherlandish (the language spoken in the 1200s to 1500s) . - The other known reference to ?bake? found in Flanders in this period were to small poles or stakes, a few fists high, driven in as markers for shepherds on thoroughfares across cultivated fields . - According to a 1996 Belgacom (the Belgian telecommunications monopoly) electronic map, there were 457 households registered under the ?BAECKELANDT? name in Belgium at that time. Surnames: BAECKELANDT, BAECKELAND, BACKELAND, BAKELAND, BAECKELANT, BAECKELANDTS, BAKELANDT, BAEKELANDT, BACQUELANT, BAKALANDE, BAKLANT, BOCKLAND, BOCKLANDT, BOCKLAM, BOCKELANDT, BAUKELAND Submitted by: David Baeckelandt Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: "Baker Coat of Arms: Silver with a black saltire on which there are five silver escallops, and at the top a silver lion on a black chief. Spelling variations include: Baker, Bakere and others. First found in Durham where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D." source: http://store.yahoo.com/4crests/bacoofar1.html We need to check this with the Burkes source. It would also be good to find out which line of Bakers are entitled to use it. the surname Baker ?Definition: Occupational name which originated in medieval times from the name of the trade, baker. From the Saxon "bacan," to dry by heat. Surname Origin: Saxon Alternate Surname Spellings: BAXTER, BECKER, BAXLEY, BACKSTER, PACKER? source: http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/b/bl_name-BAKER.htm Surnames: Baker Submitted by: Zohre Brown Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: Bakhmat comes from Russia and it is a breed of horses. Surnames: Bakhmat Submitted by: Alex Origin of Bak, Meaning of Bak Origin: hungarian, equivelant to the meaning "shephard" Surnames: bakos Submitted by: miso 11/9/2009 6:33 PM Page 1 of 1

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