Pike Surname DNA Project

Early and Noteworthy Pike Family Lines

On this page brief details about early Pikes in various locations are being gathered in the hope that this will shed some light on the origins of the Pike family in each region. No doubt this list is incomplete, and also that the meanings of "early" and "noteworthy" will vary from one place to another. If you know of a Pike line that should be included, please contact David Pike at dapike@mun.ca.

There is a separate webpage with information about Pike Coats of Arms.

In the British Isles

Aelfric Pike, listed in the Domesday Book in Devon in 1086.
Richard de Lucie, who founded Lesnes Abbey in 1178. The PFA 1912 records suggest that the "de Lucie" surname was anglicised (from Latin) to "Pike" circa 1275-1325.
[Sources: PFA 1912, Wikipedia articles on Lesnes Abbey and Richard de Luci, an information sheet from Bexley Council]
The Annals of Dunstable for 1283 say in Latin "Eisdem anno et tempore vendidimus Willelmum Pyke, nativum nostrum, cum sequela sua; et recepimus unam marcam ab emptore" which has been translated into English as "We sold our slave by birth, William Pike, and all his family, and received one mark from the buyer." Alternatively the word "nativum" may be translated as "born serf" to indicate a person who is born of a female villein or serf.
[Sources: Page 297 of "Annales Monastici. Volume III. Annales prioratus de Dunstaplia (A.D. 1-1297) Annales monasterii de Bermundesia (A.D. 1042-1432)" as editted by Henry Richards Luard in 1866. Also several books on English History, which can be found via Google. Also helpful is the book Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores]
Sir Richard Pike of Pike's Ash, Moorlinch, and/or Ashcott in Somerset:
Sir Richard and his wife Margaret were present at Pedwell Manor in 1311. At Moorlinch, a Richard Pike had sons John and Richard [of these two Richards, I'm not sure which was Sir Richard]. Sir Richard was deceased by 1356. Of Sir Richard's descendants, he had a son Richard [PFA 1906 and 1912 records say "Thomas" was the son's name] who had a son John; John was deceased by 1382 and was succeeded by his brother Hugh. Hugh had a son Thomas who had a son John who died in 1521 and was succeeded by his son William. William, who died in 1523, had a son Robert who died in 1531. Robert's son Thomas died in 1555, leaving two daughters, the elder of which was Elizabeth and married into the families of Broughton, Leigh/Reynolds, and Stracheleigh.
On page 7 of vol 3 of John Collinson's "The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset..." (published in 1791 or 1792), it is stated that William Pike above married Alice (daughter of Thomas Bowring, esq, of Bowring's-Leigh in Devon). Also that Robert Pike above married Mary (daughter of John Stawel of Cothelston). Furthermore, it is written that:
Sir William Pole says, that there was a title set on foot that Thomas Pike abovementioned, the father of Elizabeth, should have also a son, called Stephen, long time concealed, and never known to his supposed father, or publickly to any other, before all Pike's land was sold. Pike's-Ash now belongs to the family of Napier of Tintinhull.
The PFA 1906 records state that William above also had a son Stephen who married a Cuffe/Cutts, settled at Bridgwater, Somerset, and had children: John, Francis (who had sons Jemonel and Jones), Elizabeth. The PFA 1906 records also state that Hugh above also had a son John, baptised at Bridgwater in November 1572, who married Jane (daughter of Richard Castleman). In the same paragraph it is mentioned that there are also baptisms in August 1582 and July 1583, both for a Robert Pike... it is speculated that this is the Robert Pike who settled in Providence, Rhode Island.
The PFA 1914 records mention a Richard Pyke of the "Knights Companions of the Bath (K.C.B.)" as of 13 August 1324. On page 123 of Volume 1 of "The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland" written in 1906 by William Arthur Shaw, the following is stated among the list of the "Knights of the Bath":
1324, Aug. 13. Richard Pyke, by the king's hand.
The king of England in 1324 was Edward II.
[Additional Sources: History of Moorlinch, History of Ashcott, PFA 1906, PFA 1912, PFA 1914]
Nicholas Pike and Thomas Pyke, sheriffs of London.
Nicholas was sheriff in 1332, and Thomas in 1410. Nicholas might have had a wife named Johanna (who appears to have written a will dated 10 August 1361 in which she asks to be buried in the tomb of her late husband in the churchyard of St Dunstan towards the Tower; she also names her brother Hugh de Wychyngham, and her daughters Agnes and Margaret). An Alexander Pyke left a will dated 25 November 1329 in which he mentions wife Avice and sons Nicholas and John.
[Sources: PFA 1914, Mayors and Sheriffs of London (1199-1470), Mayors and Sheriffs of London (1273-1602), private correspondence]
John Pyke junior and William Pyke, along with John Lyte and John Porter, were enfeoffed with the manor of Barton, Somerset in 1514.
[Source: A2A website]
William Pyke, John Pyke, and Walter Pyke, who were Mayors of Bristol in 1549, 1562, and 1584, respectively.
[Sources: Bristol City Council, Adams's Chronicle of Bristol]
Thomas Pyke, barber and chyrorgeon, of Horsham, Sussex, who died on 16 November 1581. There is a marble memorial at Horsham Church, erected by his brother William Pyke.
[Sources: History and Antiquities of Horsham by Howard Dudley, Hidden Horsham]
William Pike, Catholic martyr, who was put to death in 1591. He apparently lived at West Moors in West Parley, Dorset. A document on display at the Roman Catholic Church of St Mary on the grounds of Lulworth Castle in Dorset states that William was killed there on Easter 1591.
[Sources: Wikipedia article on William Pike, private email]
Richard Pike of Berkshire, and the Pike family of Cork, Ireland
Richard's son Richard was born about 1627 in Newbury, Berkshire and came to Ireland with Cromwell in 1663. He married Elizabeth Jackson and gave rise to a prominent Quaker family in Cork.
[Sources: Pike Family of Cork, Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland]
Edward Pyke, dyer of Queenhithe Ward, London in 1634, received a coat of arms. Edward might be descended from Philip Pyke of Barnwell, Somerset.
[Source: PFA 1914]
George Pike of Meldreth, Cambridgeshire.
George died in 1658 and left a will which provided that a memorial be placed in the church at Meldreth. Photos of this memorial plaque are online here, and a transcript of George's will is available here. As of 1643 George owned land in Birdwood in Essex, and in 1648 he purchased the manor of Bathorne/Bapthorne in Birdwood.
George had children: George, Anne, Cecilia, Mary, Elizabeth. George's son George married in 1660 at Aspeden, Hertfordshire, but appears to have died without issue. Anne married William Violet, and had a son George Violet. Cecilia married Thomas James. Mary married Sir James Whitlock of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. Elizabeth married Gregory Baker in Nov 1661, shortly thereafter became widowed, and remarried in Oct 1662 to John Crowche.
It was Elizabeth's son John Pike Crowche who inherited George's Birdwood property. John's son or grandson assumed the surname Pike in lieu of Crowche. As suggested here, the change of surname was from TWEED to PIKE.
Arms used by Pike of Meldreth: Az., three pikes naiant or.
Searching A2A for "Pyke and Birdbrook" turns up a reference to a 1680 will [at the East Sussex record office] which looks like it might be for George junior. The A2A abstract reads: "Real property, including The Field Farm in Brede, Udimore and Sedlescombe, to John Crouch, second son of his sister Mrs Elizabeth Crouch, on condition that he change his name to Pyke, in tail male, remainder to his brother Thomas Crouch, remainder to Thomas son of William Pyke of Combe St Nicholas in Somerset, remainder to his brother John Pyke". This raises an interesting question or two, about what connection there might be to the Pykes of Combe St Nicholas in Somerset.
[Sources: Notes & Queries from 1894, Rootschat thread #1, Rootschat thread #2, Gentleman's Magazine (1886, Vol 221)]
Edmond Pike of Tavistock, Devon. His son (Edmond junior) was baptised on 13 March 1652. Edmond (senior) later married to Joan Forlonge.
[Source: private email]
Pikes of Woodenstown, Tipperary, Ireland.
In 1682, John Pyke of Woodenstown wrote this will.
A copy of a document that was emailed to me and which looks like it is in relation to the 1713 will of another John Pyke of Woodinstown states that his grandson is adopting the PYKE surname and leaving the PALMER surname. Also mentioned are cousins living in Devon, at Appledore, Barnstaple and Braunton.
William Pike, who was Sheriff of Poole in 1689 and Mayor of Poole in 1693.
Some additional information about Pikes in Poole is available here.
[Source: email from the Poole Local History Centre]
John Baxter Pike (1745-1811). A biography written about John in 1810 and which was published in the Monthly Magazine states on pages 21-22 that his Pike ancestors lived initially at Marlborough and later at Lavington in Wiltshire. John's great grandfather is said to have assisted in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1666. John's father Thomas married in 1743 to Eleanor Baxter, by whom he had at least two children: John and Lucy.
The PFA 1914 notes mention that John Baxter Pike was the father of John Deodatus Gregory Pike (1784-1854). JDGP was born at Edmonton on 6 April 1784. It's also stated that JBP's father was Thomas Pike, a class-leader among the early methodists. JBP was practising as a doctor in London about 1791 while his wife conducted a boarding-school at Enfield. JBP died at Edmonton on 11 Dec 1811 and was buried in a family vault at East Barnet. JDGP became a baptist who was influential in the formation of the General Baptist Missionary Society. JDGP died at Derby on 4 Sept 1854. By his wife Sarah, JDGP had 4 sons (all of whom became baptist ministers) and 2 daughters.
On Pages 25-26, the Monthly Magazine suggests that John Baxter Pike's ancestors in Wiltshire may descend from John Picus, otherwise known as Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, who was the Earl of Mirandola (in Italy). He was born in 1463 and died in Florence in 1494.
An article in Notes & Queries in 1935 states that John Picus' nephew's family were French Huguenot refugees who eventually became prominent in Cork, Ireland. For instance, Vesian Pic (alias Pick) was mayor of Cork in 1796 (and was knighted while in service). It is noted that two members of the Cork family (John Pic and his brother George Frederick Pic, both sons of Capt Vesian Pic who died in August 1830) settled in the USA.
A French branch of the family of "Pic de la Mirandole," descending from Capt Scipion Pic who resided at Blaye in Aquitaine, is described in some detail beginning on page 121 of Nobiliaire Universel (published in 1861).
[Other Sources: PFA 1914, Dictionary of National Biography 1917 (call number CT.773.D5), Biography of JDGP, Notes & Queries 1935, Mayors and Sheriffs of Cork]

In New England

John Pike, originally from Whiteparish, Wiltshire, settled in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1635 (along with his 2 sons and 3 daughters).
Note that Zebulon Montgomery Pike, after whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named, is a direct descendant of John.
[Sources: PFA 1902, PFA 1906, PFA 1912, PFA 1939]
James Pike, who settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts about 1640 and later resided at Reading. His known children: James (born in 1647 and lived at Framingham and Weston, Massachusetts), Jeremiah (born in 1649 and lived at Framingham, Massachusetts), John (born in 1653 and lived at Roxbury, Massachusetts), Zachariah (born in 1658), and Mary. [Source: PFA 1904]
George Pike of Marblehead, Massachusetts
George was in Massachusetts by 1663. He married Hestor Atkins and died in Mendon, Suffolk County, in 1716. It is suspected that George was the father of George Pike who married Tabitha, settled at Cape Cod, and had a son George in 1694 followed by a son Leonard about 2 years later. Leonard settled at Truro, Massachusetts and fathered 29 children by two wives. [Source: PFA 1902]
Hugh Pike of Newbury, Massachusetts
PFA 1904 records state that Hugh was aged 21 in 1676, when he took an oath of allegiance at Newbury, but other records give the date as 1678. In 1685 he married Sarah Brown, by whom he had 3 children, including sons Hugh (who married Hannah Kelly in 1714 and Hannah Emerson in 1715) and Joseph (who married Johanna Head in 1710). By a second marriage (to Mary Woodies), Hugh had additional children: Johanna (who married Henry Springer in 1719), Solomon (who married Ann Eastman in 1724), and Joshua (who married Susanna Mead in 1739). Hugh died at Newbury in 1727.
The PFA 1904 records also state that Hugh and Sarah had a daughter Mary (who married Moses Pike and Timothy French), but an email correspondent (B.Tripp) has advised that Hugh and Sarah had a daughter born the day after their marriage, but that this daughter is not mentioned in the will of her Sarah's father (made on 19 Jan 1690 and proved 31 March 1691) and hence may have died in infancy. Rather than Sarah being the mother of Mary (who later married Moses Pike and Timothy French), it is stated that Mary's mother was Mary Pearce Pike (widow of George Pearce).
The PFA 1902 records written by Clifford L. Pike mention a Richard Pike that a Mr Willis (author of a history of Portland) thought might be Hugh's father. CLP notes that a Richard Pike gave testimony on 30 June 1665 regarding a Henry Fay, but CLP speculates that the name "Richard" was recorded in error and that "Robert" was intended. If "Richard" is correct, then another theory is that Hugh's father was the Richard Pike that lived in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine... however, it appears that this Richard only had one child (named Samuel), as suggested by the will of Richard's widow's second husband (Thomas Purchas).
[Sources: PFA 1902 (pp.44-45), PFA 1904 (pp.88-96), Essex Antiquarian (Vol X, 1906, pp.132-133), B.Tripp email (04 Oct 2010), Page 290 of "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury", NEHGR, Oct 1853, page 349, "History of Newbury" by John J. Currier, pages 178-181]
Robert Pike of Providence, Rhode Island, where he received a land grant in 1645. He had a wife Catherine, daughter Hannah (who married Maturin Ballou), brother Conant, and sister Justina (who married Nathaniel Patten). The PFA 1906 records state, without citing a source or justification, that "We know that Robert Pike of Providence came from Bridgewater". The PFA 1912 records state further that Robert was a brother of John Pike who setted at Newbury in 1635. [Sources: PFA 1902, PFA 1906, PFA 1912]
Moses Pike, resident of Sheepscott, Maine in 1665. If he survived attacks around 1883, then it is speculated that he went to "the Provinces" or England. [Source: PFA 1902]
John Peake, who settled in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut about 1650 and had sons John, William, and Benjamin. John and Benjamin settled at Stratford and are presumed to have retained the "Peake" spelling, while William settled in New London, Connecticut, adopted the "Pike" spelling for his surname, and had a son William Pike in 1655. William (junior) married in Lyme, Connecticut in 1679 to Abigail Comstock; he later moved to Southold, Long Island, New York and died in the village of Mattituck on Long Island in 1717. [Sources: PFA 1902, 1904]
Pikes of Falmouth (now Portland), Maine:
PFA records from 1902 assert that Samuel Pike of Falmouth married Mary Wallace/Wallis, by whom he had children: Samuel, Richard, Nathaniel, Mary. In 1688 Samuel and other residents were driven away from their homes and subsequently resided at Salem, Massachusetts. It has been speculated that Samuel might be a grandson of John Pike of Newbury (by his son John).
An article in the Essex Antiquarian states that Elizabeth (widow of Richard Pike of Falmouth, Maine) remarried to Thomas Purchas of Pejepscot, and that after his death she married a third time, in Nov 1679, to John Blany Sr of Lynn. Richard is said to have been previously from Newbury (EA cites "Savage, III, 436" as a source). EA further states that Richard and Elizabeth had "a son, Samuel, who, in 1688, claimed in a petition that his father, Richard Pike, deceased, had been possessor of a tract of land on the west side of Mussel cove." A land title was conveyed in 1716 by children of Samuel, namely Richard (blacksmith, wife Elizabeth), Nathaniel (shipwright, wife Margaret), Mary Gray (widow), as well as Samuel's widow Mary, all then of Salem (EA cites "York Deeds, IX, 207").
The EA article suggests that Elizabeth (widow of Richard Pike) and Thomas Purchas likely married about 1657. It also notes that Thomas Purchas' will refers to Elizabeth and "her six children", five of whom were fathered by Thomas. The sixth child is reasoned to be Samuel Pike, fathered by Elizabeth's first husband Richard Pike.
[Sources: PFA 1902, Essex Antiquarian (Volume X, 1906, pp.132-133)]
Joseph Pike of Boston, Massachusetts, married in 1680 to Susannah Smith and in 1687 to Prudence Edminster. He had 4 children (the first 3 died in infancy, the 4th was named Joseph). It is speculated that he might be a son of James Pike of Charlestown and Reading. [Sources: PFA 1902 (page 47), 1904 (page 63)]
Updates:
- On 22 March 1687/88, Joseph and Susannah wrote a letter from Charleston regarding the estate of Susannah's brother (source).
- On 20 March 1696/97, Joseph's widow Mary wrote a letter from Barbados. She writes that she was with child at the time of Joseph's death. She offers "to come with all my family to make a settlement". (source).
- On page 762 of "The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown" by Thomas Bellows Wyman, it is stated that Joseph married Susanna Smith on 10 Nov 1680, and that she died on 27 Oct 1688. Also that he married Prudence Edminster on 01 July 1687 who had a child in his absence in 1692-93. A son Joseph was born in Feb 1689/90. (source).
- The marriage of Joseph Pike and Prudence Edminster appears to have actually happened in July 1689
- There is a baptism at Barbados on 20 August 1691 for Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Joseph & Mrs Mary Pike, born 16 July
- There is a burial at Barbados on 02 April 1693 for a Mr Joseph Pike
- There is a marriage at Barbados on 21 August 1694 between Joseph Pike and Mary Thompson
- There is a burial at Barbados on 31 March 1696 for a Mr Joseph Pyke, mariner
- There is a baptism at Barbados on 18 Dec 1696 for Johanna, daughter of Joseph Pyke deceased and his wife
- There is a marriage at Barbados on 04 July 1697 between Enoch Gold and Mary Pyke
- There is a baptism at Barbados on 18 Feb 1699/1700 for Johanna Pike, daughter of Mrs Gold
Thomas Pike of Charlestown, Massachusetts, had a wife Elizabeth and settled in Boston where 4 children were born between 1686 and 1697: Elizabeth, Thomas, Joseph, Sarah. It is speculated that he might be a son of James Pike of Charlestown and Reading. [Sources: PFA 1902, 1904]
Philip Pike of Kittery, Maine, married Rebecca Lewis (not Maddox as was apparently reported in error in the 1902 PFA records, but later corrected in the 1904 records). Sons Thomas and John settled at Old Berwick, Maine, son Philip at Arundel (now Kennebunkport), Maine, son Amos at Biddeford, Maine. Some family tradition asserts that Philip came from Manchester, England. [Sources: PFA 1902, 1904]
Samuel Pike, who is believed to have died at/near Valley Forge while serving in the Revolutionary War. He left two sons, Sewall and Luther. Sewall was born in Massachusetts on 15 Oct 1777, in 1806 married Pamela Beardsley of Connecticut, and in 1833 died at Catherine, New York. Samuel is reputed to have come from England to Massachusetts, and that his widow remarried to another (unrelated) Pike after Samuel's death. [Source: PFA 1914]

Elsewhere in the USA

St Mary's County, Maryland
Robert Pike setted at St Mary's County, Maryland in March 1633/34.
[Sources: The Ark and the Dove, Society of the Ark and the Dove]
Nathan Pike of Cromhall, Gloucestershire was apprenticed in 1659 for 7 years in Virginia to John Morgan.
[Source: The Bristol Registers of Servants Sents to Foreign Plantations]
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Samuel Pike, born in 1678, came to North Carolina in the 1680s or 1690s and died at Pasquotank County in May 1718. He and many of his descendants were Quakers. There is evidence that Samuel was born in England to John & Emma Pike, and that he had a sister named Africa. Emma and Africa also settled in Pasquotank County (where Africa married Hugh McGregor).
Note, however, that there are a number of references that claim that Samuel was a son of Joseph Pike and Elizabeth Rogers of Cork, Ireland (where there was a prominent Quaker Pike family).
My inclination is to favour England as Samuel's place of origin, thanks to evidence mentioned in the notes within this genealogy. It also helps to know that the genetic profile of the Pasquotank County Pikes, while similar to those of the Pikes from Cork, has a distinguishing mutation in the second marker that we are testing.
[Other Sources: an email that quotes page 331 of a book by V. Mayo Bundy, History of Pikeville]

In Canada

Pike families from Carbonear, Newfoundland
The earliest documented reference to a Pike in Carbonear is dated 1681, but very few records exist prior to 1800. It is generally believed that most of the Pikes in Carbonear descend from Pikes who resided at Poole prior to coming to Newfoundland.
There is a tradition among one Pike line in Carbonear to the effect that their particular lineage hails from a Thomas Pike who was born in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1755. We do have a member of this family in our project, and have found that the DNA signature is shared with other Pikes from Carbonear.
[Sources: E.R.Seary's "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland"]
Tom Pic/Picque of Placentia, Newfoundland
The earliest documented reference to a Pike in Newfoundland appears in the 1671 census of Plaisance (and subsequent census records) which show that Thomas had lived there since 1661. The census records reveal that he was born in England about 1644, was husband to Anne Raymond, and had sons Gaspard, Jean Peris, and Thomas.
Tradition has it that descendants subsequently settled at Miquelon (a French possession south of Newfoundland), Louisbourg (on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia), and Bonne Baie (Newfoundland) and that some of them had adopted "Tompic" as their surname.
Incidentally, the Catholic parish records from Burin, Placentia Bay initially record "Pique" but quickly standardise to the "Pike" spelling.
I've also been told that Thomas Pic is mentioned in a letter dated 9 July 1688 from Gov. Parat in Placentia to the Minister in Versailles. He wrote that Thomas Pic, 56, of Ringonst, England, had resided in Placentia for 23 years and had been married for 20 years to Anne Remord de Mechent of the Diocese of Bordeaux, France. They had 4 sons and 1 daughter. Three of the other Englishmen were from Poole. Their names were also francicized by the writer (Zemard, perhaps Seymour; Bouflet, perhaps Buffett; Torhl, which might have been Torrell). A fifth Englishmen named Gresse or something like that (Grace? Gosse?), place of origin not stated, had died; he is described as a Huguenot and his children were not practicing Catholics. Cited sources were:
- Archives des Colonies, Serie C11C, vol. 1 (Transcriptions, p. 140), on Microfilm C11354, National Archives, Ottawa.
- originals of the above, possibly on microfilm reel F-498
[Sources: Planters at Plaisance, private emails, Burin church records]
John George Pyke of Halifax, Nova Scotia
John George Pyke was a promiment individual in the early days of Halifax, serving as an MHA for many years. His father (Alexander John Pyke) came to Halifax (apparently from London) probably about 1750 and died in 1751, at which time JGP was about 6 or 7 years old. JGP married in 1772 to Elizabeth Allan, by whom he had a large family. The eldest son George went to Quebec (as did several of his siblings) where he served as a member of the House of Assembly, Attorney General, and Judge of the Kings Bench (subsequent generations resided at Hudson, Quebec as well as Salt Lake City, Utah). John Wenman Pyke (another of JGP's sons) remained in Nova Scotia, where he had 2 sons.
[Sources: PFA 1904, correspondence with P.Jangaard]
Richard Pyke of Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Richard married in 1798 to Elizabeth Whidden. He died about 1804. He had sons Samuel in 1799 and Richard in 1801.
[Source: Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County]
Baie de Chaleurs, Quebec
In June 2005 I had the opportunity to visit Dalhousie, New Brunswick and consult with some members of the local genealogical society. While there I discovered that there had been an early Pike family living across the water on the Quebec side of the bay, and that they were believed to have come there from Scotland. As yet I have no further details.
I've since been in touch with a family member who has been able to direct me to clarify that the family lived at Escuminac, Quebec. And, moreover, the family seems to hail from a Thomas Pike who appears to have been born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia about 1815.
Pikes of Markham, Ontario
Francis Pike (born in 1804 at Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania) settled at Markham and gave rise to a large family. His grandson Alpheus Pike is listed in the 1901 census as being German in origin.
[Sources: private emails, online genealogy, 1901 census of Canada]
Pikes of Victoria, British Columbia
Caleb Pike and his brothers William and Jonas, were among a party of eighty immigrants on board the Norman Morison for her first voyage to the Pacific coast. Commanded by Captain Wishart, they left Gravesend at the mouth of the Thames, Oct. 20, 1849, rounded Cape Horn January 11, 1850 and arrived at Ft. Victoria March 24. Pike, a native of Dorsetshire, along with many others on board, was contracted to serve with the Hudson's Bay Company. Caleb appears to have been born at Stour Provost, Dorset, on 12 September 1830.
[Sources: Judith Stricker's biography of Caleb Pike, A post to GenForum]

In other locations

Andrew Pike, of Great Dolby, aged 34, sailed from Plymouth to St. Christopher in 1634.
Andrew may have been a passenger on board the "Robert Bonaventure".
[Sources: PFA 1904, Robert Bonaventure]
John Pike, aged 30, sailed from the port of London on 20 November 1635, bound for Barbados. Church records from Barbados have a baptism in 1678 for Grace, daughter of Oliver and Grace Pike. [Source: PFA 1904]
John Pike of East Harptree, Somerset, clothworker, was apprenticed in 1659 for 4 years to Richard Tovey, brewer of Barbados.
[Source: The Bristol Registers of Servants Sents to Foreign Plantations]
Charles Pike, of the Swedish East India Company, and his brother John. Charles was living in Gothenburg by 1734, having possibly moved there from Amsterdam. Charles died in Sweden in 1743. Note, however, that in 1751 a coat of arms was granted to a Pike family at Gottenburgh, Sweden.
I suspect that Charles may have been an uncle of Borlace Pike, who was governor of St Helena.
[Sources: "Irish and Scottish mercantile networks in Europe and overseas in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries" by Dickson et al.; Burke's "The General Armory"]
John Pike, born about 1754 in Berkshire (England) was transported to Australia in 1802. He married Jane Ferriday in 1807, by whom he had about 12 children. [Source: several posts to the Pike Genealogy Forum]
William Pike, who was born in 1779 at Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, emigrated to South Africa in 1820 along with his wife Mary and children William (born 1804), Elijah (1813), and Rosa Mary (1815). The family settled at Clumber (near Grahamstown). [Sources: Descendancy Report for William Pike at www.1820settlers.com]
A post to the Pyke message board mentions a Pyke who was apparently Jewish and came from England to the USA about 1823, but thereafter emigrated to Jamaica and then Panama.
John Pike, born at Bath, Somerset in 1837, emigrated to New Zealand in 1857 and had a family of 6 sons and 4 daughters. [Source: a post to the New Zealand mailing list at rootsweb]
Aubone Arthur Pyke, born about 1852 in England, enumerated in the 1895 census of Argentina at Federacion, Entre Rios, along with wife Ellen Dickson and daughters Nellie Aubone and Annie Caroline.

Several of the references above cite records of the PFA (the Pike Family Association). These records are published booklets that contain information supplied by various people. Unfortunately, in most cases, the information in the PFA booklets does not supply us with sources that we can check to verify the information. In one case in particular (concerning the ancestry of John Pike who settled at Newbury, Massachusetts in 1635) the information that appears in the PFA 1906 and 1912 booklets is known to be unreliable.

Possible Aliases

Listed below are some surnames that have (or might have) genetic linkages with the Pike surname. These connections arose from a variety of situations, such as intentional changes of surname (sometimes required in order to inherit an estate), anglicisation of surnames (such as from Latin to English), etc. In short, this is a list of surnames to be on the lookout for when viewing Y-DNA matches with Pikes.

CAVENDISH
CROUCH - In 1679, George Pyke wrote in his will that his nephew John Crouch would be heir to his estate, on condition of changing his surname to Pyke.
DE LUCY - The de Lucy family may have anglicised its surname to Pike sometime between 1200 and 1500 AD.
GERNON
PALMER
SHELLEY
SNOEK
TWEED - Subsequent to the Crouch-Pyke namechange mentioned above, there might have been a name change in a later generation as well.

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