There have been both Pluckroses and Plucks around since the use of surnames began. If you look in the History section you will find a record of William Plockerose paying taxes in 1332 and John Pluck becoming a Freeman of Canterbury in 1349.
There were also some border-dwelling Plucks getting up to no good in the 1590s (again see the History section). This branch of the Plucks predates the Plucks who evolved from Pluckroses and could possibly be related to the Irish Plucks.
I have no proof, yet, but I suspect that these early Pluck lines have died out, except possibly in Ireland. Present-day English Plucks are mainly descended from Pluckroses (read more about the name change which took place in the 17th and 18th centuries).
The small clusters of PLUCKs found in Liverpool and Glasgow are certainly of Irish origin, as are the Channel Island Plucks. It is not clear, yet, whether the Irish branch of the PLUCKs is a separate line or whether it is descended from an earlier immigrant, possibly a soldier, from England. They could be linked to the northern British PLUCKs mentioned above.
Tree 1005 (in the Orphan section) shows the Jersey branch, Tree 1009 (also in the orphan section) shows the Wicklow branch. Twigs 5 to 9, and 17, show some more, as yet unlinked, family groups.
American Plucks come from a variety of sources as the following table compiled from Ellis Island records shows:
Arrival |
Surname |
Forenames |
Age |
Sex |
M/S |
Ethnicity |
Residence |
Departure port |
Ship |
| 08 Jul 1896 | PLUCK | Fredk | 24 | M | England | Braintree | Liverpool | Teutonic | |
| 11 Mar 1897 | PLUCK | Bernard | 23 | M | Ireland | Queenstown | Liverpool and Queenstown | Aurania | |
| 02 Aug 1904 | PLUCK | Anna | 17 | F | S | Hungary, Hebrew | Lago ... | Rotterdam | Ryndam |
| 01 Jan 1906 | PLUCK | Feize | 24 | M | M | Russian, Hebrew | London | Southampton | Saint Louis |
| 17 Nov 1906 | PLUCK | James J | 31 | M | S | British, Irish | Queenstown, Ireland | Queenstown | Lucania |
| 03 Feb 1909 | PLUCK | Carl | 22 | M | R | Germany, German | Barmen, Germany | Antwerp | Zeeland |
| 15 Jun 1910 | PLUCK | Margaret | 30 | F | S | British | Kathdown, Ireland | Queenstown | Majestic |
| 09 Dec 1913 | PLUCK | Alma | 29 | F | M | American | New York | Southampton | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| 09 Oct 1914 | PLUCK | Fredrick | 42 | M | England, English | Bushey, England | Liverpool | Celtic | |
| 06 Mar 1919 | PLUCK | Wm | 41 | M | U | British Scot | Glasgow | Glasgow, Scotland | Oriana |
| 09 Jun 1920 | PLUCK | Albertine | 35 | F | M | Germany, German | Duisburg, Germany | Rotterdam | Noordam |
| 09 Jun 1920 | PLUCK | Albertine | 10 | F | S | Germany, German | Duisburg, Germany | Rotterdam | Noordam |
| 02 Aug 1920 | PLUCK | Frederick | 50 | M | S | Gt. Brit, English | Wetford, England | Southampton | Philadelphia |
| 18 Aug 1922 | PLUCK | Clementine | 50 | F | M | Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
Read a more detailed analysis of the information about the Irish branch of the Plucks.
