| ![Show Contents]() Hartsfield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Hartsfield is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the parish of Hartwell, found in a number of locations including the dioceses of Oxford and Peterborough, as well as the county of Berkshire. The Buckinghamshire parish was "the residence of Louis XVIII., and his court, during the stay of that monarch in England, prior to his restoration to the French throne: he gave £100 for the use of the poor. " 1 2 Early Origins of the Hartsfield familyThe surname Hartsfield was first found in Northamptonshire where Hartwell is a village and civil parish bordering Buckinghamshire. The village was listed as Herdeuuelle and Hertewelle in the Domesday Book 3 having been derived from the Old English words heort + wella which meant "spring or stream frequented by deer." 4 Hartwell is also a village in central Buckinghamshire, south of Aylesbury, by the village of Stone but this later reference was later. Hartwell House is a country house in the village of Hartwell, Buckinghamshire built in the early 17th century. Today the house is owned by the Ernest Cook Trust and is leased to the National Trust. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 had three listings of the family: Decennarius de Hertwell, Northamptonshire; Agatha de Hertwell, Buckinghamshire; and Robert de Hertwell, Buckinghamshire. 5 Early History of the Hartsfield familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hartsfield research. Another 114 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1259, 1273, 1327, 1542, 1543, 1553, 1559, 1562, 1563, 1565, 1567, 1603 and 1606 are included under the topic Early Hartsfield History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hartsfield Spelling VariationsSound 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 Hartsfield family name include Hartwell, Harwell, Hartswell, Hardwell and others. Early Notables of the Hartsfield familyDistinguished members of the family include Abraham Hartwell the Elder (fl. 1565), an English poet, born in 1542 or 1543, educated at Eton; he was admitted scholar at King's College, Cambridge, on 25 Aug. 1559, and became a fellow on 26 Aug. 1562; he graduated B.A. in 1563, M.A. in 1567, and resigned his fellowship in 1567. Abraham Hartwell, the younger (1553-1606)...
Another 61 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hartsfield Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hartsfield RankingIn the United States, the name Hartsfield is the 6,598th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 6 Migration of the Hartsfield familyFor 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 Hartsfield surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Edward Hartwell, who arrived in Virginia in 1638; Jane Hartwell, who also came to Virginia in 1655; Francis Hartwell, who settled in Jamaica in 1686; John Harwell, who arrived in Virginia in 1635.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hartsfield (post 1700) | + |
- Phill Hartsfield (1932-2010), American sword and knifemaker based in Garden Grove, California
- Roy Thomas Hartsfield (1925-2011), American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager
- William Berry Hartsfield Sr., (1890-1971), American politician, 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, the longest-serving mayor of Altanta
- Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield Jr. (1933-2014), United States Air Force officer and a USAF and NASA astronaut with 483 hours in space 7
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Sorte sua contentus
Motto Translation: Content with his lot.
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Henry Hartsfield. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hartsfield-hw.html
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