Snook Name Study

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Surnames/tags: Snook Snoek Smook

About the Project

The Snook Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Snook name. 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 Snook name.

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As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Snook's), by time period (18th Century Snook's), or by topic (Snook DNA, Snook Occupations, Snook 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.

Related Surnames and Variants

There are several common variants and spelling deviations for Snook. Some of the most common are listed below (if you're working with a variant that's not included here, let us know and we'll get them added). Though the Snook Name Study on WikiTree is in its early stages, as of April 2023 "Snook" and these variant surnames comprised approximately 6141' profiles on WikiTree. Clicking on the name links in the table will take you to an index for that spelling.

Variant name spellings as of 2023 - Number of profiles per each name followed by % Snook 3840 62.5% Smock 685 11.2% Snoek 273 4.4% Smoak 313 5.1% Smoke 177 2.9% Snoke 168 2.7% Smook 175 2.8% Snooks 147 2.4% Smuck 72 1.2% Snoeck 51 <1% Snooke 43 <1% Smack 37 <1% Smuk 31 <1% Sook 32 <1% Knook 21 <1% Schmook 20 <1%

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

Origin of this family name

This is indeed a subject of conjecture for example a) There is a record of "A Thomas de Estoke and Elizabeth his wife, querents, and William de Estoke de Berneston and Alice his wife, deforciants, of nine messuages, one mill, one hundred and forty -eight acres of land, four acres of meadow and two shillings of rent in Magna Crauford, Parva Crauford [Tarrant Crawford] and Speghtebury [Spetisbury]. Plea of covenant was summened. Thomas acknowledged the tenements to be right of William. Of which William and Alice have 6 mesuages, the mill, 139 acres of land and 3.5 acres of meadow by gift of Thomas." ^[1] b) There is a hamlet in Wiltshire which was called Nooke; for example the Tisbury Church marriage records inform Obdiah Flower and Elizabeth young both of Nooke, Wiltshire were married 14 August 1746. This hamlet could be toponymic place for our family name. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/105740548/person/142593190348/hints

Modern Geographic Distribution

Since Snook and its variant spellings have primarily English roots though some stem from Holland, it's not surprising that initial research indicates the 17 centuary records inform the name was distributed thoughout Wessex in England The table figures below comprises Figures for variant spellings which are not available and are not all under research.

Snook Surname during 17th Centuary data to be developed Dorset 1% Somerset 1% Hampshire 1% Wiltshire 1% Devon 1.2% Gloucestershire 1.4% Berkshire 1% Middlesex 2% Wales 5% Oxford 1.2% Buckinghamshire 1.2%

How to Join

To join the Snook Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages 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 on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Paul Snook for assistance.

If you are uploading a living person and once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the living persons ONS Member Sticker: , however if you are uploading a deceased person then this sticker should be used

Research Pages & Study Teams

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

Topical Projects

• Notables: "Under development"
• Statistics: Under consideration
• Military Service: Under consideration

Geographical Projects (preliminary interest list - adopt one of these locations, or add a new one!) all are under development

• Australian Snooks
• Canadian Snooks
• Newfoundland Snooks
• New Zealand Snooks
• Southern African Snooks
• United States Snooks
• Welsh Snooks
• Wessex of England Snooks

Other Possibilities

• Individual projects (i.e. Descendants of your Snook ancestor)

How to use our Categories

You can find our existing sub-categories here: Category:Snook Name Study. Under our current organization you will find maintenance categories including Needs Biography, Needs Profiles Created, and Brick Walls. Feel free to use these on Snook profiles as necessary.

Our current locational categories have been created based on current study participants' research interests. New geographic sub-categories should only be added if you are researching a specific location.

Please add your profiles to the narrowest available location category by adding the category above the ==Biography== heading, or by adding a sticker in your preferred position below the ==Biography== heading.

Currently available country categories include:

Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, United States of America and Wales.

[[Category:Country of origin, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Country of origin, Snook Name Study}}

Currently available state categories in Australia include:

[[Category: Victoria, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Victoria, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Western Australia, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Western Australia, Snook Name Study}}

Currently available state categories in Canada include:

[[Category: Ontario, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Ontario, Snook Name Study}}

Currently available county categories in England include:

[[Category: Dorset, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Dorset, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Hampshire, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Hampshire, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Gloucestershire, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Gloucestershire, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Somerset, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Somerset, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Wiltshire, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Wiltshire, Snook Name Study}}

Currently available state categories in New Zealand include:

[[Category: New Zealand, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=New Zealand, Snook Name Study}}

Currently available state categories in the United States of America include:

[[Category: Iowa, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Iowa, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Kansas, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Kansas, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: New Jersey, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=New Jersey, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: New York, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=New York, Snook Name Study}}

[[Category: Pennsylvania, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Pennsylvania, Wolfe Name Study}}

[[Category: Virginia, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Virginia, Snook Name Study}}

Currently available county categories in Wales include:

[[Category: Wales, Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook|category=Wales, Snook Name Study}}

Researchers in other countries are free to organize their location categories as needed, per WikiTree guidelines. For now the basic sticker or category can be used.

[[Category: Snook Name Study]] or

{{One Name Study|name=Snook}}

See Space:Category_Guidelines_for_Name_Studies for guidance when new maintenance or locational sub-categories are necessary. If you have questions or need assistance in creating a sub-category, contact the study coordinator.

Membership

• Paul Snook has a major interest in following the banches and twigs which originated in Wessex, England and are now spread world wide. In addition matching DNA profiles though the Big Y DNA profile to Haplogroup - G
• Laurie L.(Snook)Hughes UE
• Michelle Snook
• Robert Ward My closest Snook ancestor is Catherine (Snook) Kishpaugh, who descends from Johannes Schnuck, who immigrated to New York in 1736.

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Snoks
• Snooke
• Snooks