Heatherington History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

The surname Heatherington is a name whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. The Heatherington family lived in Hetherington in Northumberland. The "E" prefix, as in the name Etherington, is a shortened form of the name and has the same phonetic sound. 1

Early Origins of the Heatherington family

The surname Heatherington was first found in Northumberland at Hetherington. This ancient Saxon village was derived from the word "haeth", meaning a heath and "tun" a settlement, thus "the farm of the heath." 2

Edmund de Hetherynton was listed in the Assize Rolls of Northumberland in 1316. 3 But before that, Richard de Hetherington was listed in the Assize Rolls of 1298 eighteen years before. 3

"The Hetheringtons, who have their present home in Carlisle and its neighbourhood, belong to an ancient border - family that often produced persons of note; in the reign of Henry VIII. George Hethrington, as king's bailiff, "kept watch and ward" in the parish of Kirklinton, on the west marches (H.). Ambrose Hetherington was vicar of Kendal in the reign of Elizabeth." 4

Early History of the Heatherington family

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Heatherington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Etherington, Ethrington, Ethlington, Hetherington, Hetherton and many more.

Early Notables of the Heatherington family

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Migration of the Heatherington family to Ireland

Some of the Heatherington family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 107 words (8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Heatherington migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Heatherington Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Heatherington, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1879 5
And. Heatherington, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Hamilton, in 1892
Mrs. Heatherington, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States from Hamilton, in 1892

Heatherington Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Heatherington, aged 28, who settled in America from Glasgow, in 1903
Alex Heatherington, aged 2, who landed in America from Glasgow, in 1903
Robert Heatherington, aged 59, who landed in America from Glasgow, in 1904
J. S. Heatherington, who immigrated to the United States, in 1906
James Heatherington, aged 38, who landed in America, in 1910
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Heatherington migration to Australia +

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

Heatherington Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Heatherington, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Hibernia" in 1851 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Heatherington (post 1700) +

Alexander Heatherington (d. 1878), English mining agent who opened in 1867 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, the ‘International Mining Agency,’ with which was associated the ‘Canadian Mines Bureau’ at 30 Moorgate Street, London 7

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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) HIBERNIA 1851. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1851Hibernia.gif
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020