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England

Channing is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Channing family once lived in Cann, a parish in the county of Dorset. The surname Channing is a palatal form of the surname Canning, of toponymic origin, deriving from the place-name Cann mentioned above. The word palatal is a phonological term. Phonology is the study of sounds used in language. The sounds able to be produced by humans and used in speech are classified into several types: labial, for sounds produced by the lips; dental, for sounds produced by the tongue against the teeth; palatal, for sounds produced by the tongue against the hard palate (found at the roof of the mouth in the front); and uvular, for sounds made at the back of the throat. The translation from the s sound to the sh sound, or the one from c to ch, is known as the palatal translation, for it is accomplished by moving the tongue from the teeth to the hard palate while keeping the tongue in the same form.

Early Origins of the Channing family

The surname Channing was first found in Hertfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Channing family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Channing research. Another 56 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1086 is included under the topic Early Channing History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Channing Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Channing family name include Channing, Chaning, Chening, Channings and others.

Early Notables of the Channing family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

Aldred Channing

Channing migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Channing surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Channing Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Channing who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1712

Channing Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Channing and Mrs. Channing, who settled in Nantucket Massachusetts in 1823
John Channing, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County Pennsylvania in 1844 1

Channing migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Channing Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Channing, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Buckinghamshire" in 1839 2
George Channing, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
Susanna Channing, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
Mary Channing, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
Susan Channing, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Channing migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Channing Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

John Channing, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1843
Jane Channing, aged 59, a dairy woman, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Duke of Edinburgh" in 1873

Contemporary Notables of the name Channing (post 1700) +

Carol Channing (1921-2019), American singer and actress, winner of three Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe
Roscoe H. Channing Jr. (1868-1961), All-American football player
William Ellery Channing (1818-1901), American Transcendentalist poet, nephew of William Ellery Channing
Walter Channing (1786-1876), American physician and professor of medicine, brother William Ellery Channing
Stockard Channing (b. 1944), born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard, an American Academy Award nominated stage, film and television actress
Edward Tyrrel Channing (1790-1856), American professor at Harvard College, brother of William Ellery Channing
Francis Allston Channing (1841-1926), 1st Baron Channing, American-born British barrister, academic, and Liberal Party politician, Member of Parliament for East Northamptonshire (1885-1910)
Chad Channing (b. 1967), American drummer of the band Nirvana from 1988 until 1990
Walter Channing, American owner of the Channing Daughters' Winery, Bridgehampton, New York
Edward Channing (1856-1931), American historian, author of History of the United States in six volumes, for which he won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1839. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Buckinghamshire.htm
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SOMERSETSHIRE 1839. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Somersetshire.htm