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![Show Contents]() Hession History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Hession surname is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOisín or "descendant of Oisín," a personal name derived from the word "os," meaning "deer." Others suggest that the name came from Oisín, a poet and warrior of the fianna in Irish mythology. Early Origins of the Hession familyThe surname Hession was first found in Connacht, where the name has long been found. The name Ó hOisín occurred in all the Irish provinces save Ulster in 11th and 12th century Annals. Hugh O'Hession was the first Archbishop of Tuam, Co. Galway (1152-1161). The family is primarily associated with North and East Galway and South Mayo. Some Anglicized their name to Usher, thus confusing it with the more common Ushers of Norman descent. The Hishon form of this name was found in County Tipperary. 1 Early History of the Hession familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hession research. The years 1307, 1529, 1550, 1581, 1590, 1613, 1619, 1656, 1682, 1693, 1703, 1741, 1749, 1868 and 1908 are included under the topic Early Hession History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hession Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: O'Hession, Hession, Hussian, Hishon, O Hoisin and many more. Early Notables of the Hession familyNotable amongst the family name at this time was John Ussher, a constable of Dublin castle in 1307, but who died later in England. Henry Ussher (c. 1550-1613) was an Irish Protestant churchman, a founder of Trinity College, Dublin. Reverend James Ussher (1581-1656) was the Archbishop of Armagh, a churchman and a scholar. He is best known for his Ussher chronology, a chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the...
Another 75 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hession Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hession RankingIn the United States, the name Hession is the 17,306th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2
 Hession migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Hession Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Simon Hession, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 3
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Hession Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Mr. Michael Hession, aged 26 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Triton" departing 14th May 1847 from Liverpool, England; the ship arrived on 24th July 1847 but he died on board 4
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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: Hession Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Dennis Hession, aged 26, a labourer, who arrived in Bluff, New Zealand aboard the ship "Adamant" in 1875 5
- Mr. Luke Hession, (b. 1882), aged 18, British Settler travelling aboard the ship " Auckland" en route to Invercargill, New Zealand on 25th December 1879 5
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hession (post 1700) | + |
- Patrick Edward John Hession, American big band trumpeter
- Dennis P. Hession (b. 1950), American attorney, mayor of Spokane, Washington
- Paul Hession (b. 1983), Irish track and field sprinter
- James Hession, Irish politician, member of the 14th Dáil (1951-1954) from County Galway
- Roy Hession (1908-1992), British evangelist and author
- Eileen Hession Weiss, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Mayor of Lafayette, Indiana, 1999
- MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7)
- "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)
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 79)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
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