Hennigan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

The Irish name Hennigan originally appeared in Gaelic as "O hEanain," but sometimes is an abbreviated form of the surname Henagahn.

Early Origins of the Hennigan family

The surname Hennigan was first found in County Tipperary (Irish: Thiobraid Árann), established in the 13th century in South-central Ireland, in the province of Munster, and Offaly where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Hennigan family

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Hennigan Spelling Variations

A name was often recorded during the Middle Ages under several different spelling variations during the life of its bearer because literacy was rare there was no real push to clearly define any of the languages found in the British Isles at that time. Variations found of the name Hennigan include Heenan, Henaghan, Henehan, Heenon, Hanegan, Hannegan, Hanigan, Hannigan, Haneghan and many more.

Early Notables of the Hennigan family

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Hennigan Ranking

In the United States, the name Hennigan is the 16,140^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Hennigan migration to the United States +

Ireland became inhospitable for many native Irish families in the 19th centuries. Poverty, lack of opportunities, high rents, and discrimination forced thousands to leave the island for North America. The largest exodus of Irish settlers occurred with the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. For these immigrants the journey to British North America and the United States was long and dangerous and many did not live to see the shores of those new lands. Those who did make it were essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest and most powerful nations of the world. These Irish immigrants were not only important for peopling the new settlements and cities, they also provided the manpower needed for the many industrial and agricultural projects so essential to these growing nations. Immigration and passenger lists have documented the arrival of various people bearing the name Hennigan to North America:

Hennigan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas Hennigan, who arrived in Mississippi in 1844 2
Bridgit Hennigan, aged 22, who settled in America from Leitrim, in 1893
Bee Hennigan, aged 17, who landed in America from Roscommon, in 1897

Hennigan Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Corn Hennigan, aged 20, who landed in America from Roscommon, in 1900
Minnie Hennigan, aged 36, who settled in America from Dunmanay, Ireland, in 1907
John Hennigan, aged 30, who landed in America from Sligo, Ireland, in 1909
Maggie Hennigan, aged 22, who landed in America from Ballina, Ireland, in 1910
John Hennigan, aged 32, who immigrated to the United States from Ballina, Ireland, in 1910
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Hennigan migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hennigan Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Bridget Hennigan, aged 25, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the brig "Breeze" from Dublin, Ireland
James Hennigan, aged 26, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the brig "Breeze" from Dublin, Ireland

Contemporary Notables of the name Hennigan (post 1700) +

Charles Taylor "Charlie" Hennigan Sr. (1935-2017), American football player with the former Houston Oilers (1960-1966), two-time AFL champion (1960, 1961), five-time AFL All-Star (1961–1965)
John Hennigan, American professional poker player who has amassed 3.2 million as of 2009
Maura A. Hennigan, American politician, Clerk Magistrate of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Sean Hennigan, American voice actor
Phillip Winston Hennigan (b. 1946), right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher
William Hennigan Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Delegate to Michigan State Constitutional Convention from Macomb County 3rd District, 1961 3
Robert J. Hennigan Jr., American politician, Candidate for Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, 1995 3
Maura Hennigan, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008 3
L. E. Hennigan, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1956 3
James W. Hennigan Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960, 1964; Candidate in primary for Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1959 3
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html