Hippel Surname History

Origins Available:
England

The ancient roots of the Hippel family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Hippel comes from when the family lived in the village of Hipswell, a chapelry of Catterick in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Hippel family

The surname Hippel was first found in the North Riding of Yorkshire, where evidence suggests they held a family seat before the Norman Conquest.

Early History of the Hippel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hippel research. Another 49 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1273 and 1379 are included under the topic Early Hippel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hippel Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Hippel has appeared include Hipwell, Hypwell, Hippwell, Hipewell, Hipwells and many more.

Early Notables of the Hippel family

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Hippel migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Hippel arrived in North America very early:

Hippel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Friederich Hippel, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1

Hippel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Moritz Von Hippel, who landed in Galveston, Tex in 1850 1

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)