Hollen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Scotland

The roots of the Anglo-Saxon name Hollen come from when the family resided in Hallam, a place name found in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. In the Domesday Book of 1086, this place is called Hallum. [1] In Yorkshire, Hallam is found in the South Riding.

Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old Scandinavian word hallr, or from the Old English word hall, both of which meant "stony." The place name meant "the stony place, the place at the rocks." [2]

In Derbyshire there is a place called West Hallam and another called Kirk Hallam. These names are derived from the Old English word halh, which meant "remote nook of land." Kirk in the Old English meat "church;" the name as a whole would be "church in a remote place," while West Hallam was a "remote place in the west." [3]

Early Origins of the Hollen family

The surname Hollen was first found in Yorkshire at Hallam or perhaps at Halling, a village on the North Downs in the northern part of Kent that dates back to Saxon times in the 8th century when it was first listed as Hallingas. [3]

By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the place name was known as Hallinges, [1] and literally meant "settlement of the family of a man called Heall, " from the Old English personal name + "ingas." [3]

A scan of early rolls revealed Adam de Hallum in the Subsidy Rolls for Yorkshire in 1297 and John de Hallum in Lancashire in 1328. Richard de Halom was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Derbyshire in 1327 and Henry de Halom held lands in Yorkshire in 1392. [4]

The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Willelmus de Hallom and Elena de Hallum. [5]

In Scotland, the name was "probably a late introduction from England. Janet Hallam was in the Carse of Twynholm, 1758. John Hallum or Hallume was hanged for being a Covenanter, 1685." [6]

Early History of the Hollen family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hollen research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1250, 1360, 1370, 1403, 1405, 1417 and 1537 are included under the topic Early Hollen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hollen Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Hollen has been recorded under many different variations, including Hallam, Halam, Hallum and others.

Early Notables of the Hollen family

Notables of the family at this time include Robert Hallam (d. 1417), an English churchman, Bishop of Salisbury and English representative at the Council of Constance. He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1403 to 1405. He was born probably between 1360 and 1370, and educated at Oxford. [7]John Hallam (d. 1537), was an English "conspirator, a native of Cawkill, Yorkshire, and had much local influence and popularity. A determined Romanist he strenuously opposed the king's supremacy and the suppression of the monasteries. When the priest announced at Kilnskill that the king had suppressed St. Wilfrid's day, Hallam angrily...
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Hollen Ranking

In the United States, the name Hollen is the 15,798^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [8]

Hollen migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Hollen or a variant listed above:

Hollen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

James Hollen, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1772 [9]

Hollen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas Hollen, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 [9]

Contemporary Notables of the name Hollen (post 1700) +

John C. Van Hollen (b. 1933), American Republican politician, Member of Wisconsin State Assembly from Barron and Washburn counties, 1967-70 [10]
John Byron Van Hollen (b. 1966), American Republican politician, Wisconsin State Attorney General, 2007-; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 2008 [10]
Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (b. 1959), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Maryland State House of Delegates, 1990-94; Member of Maryland State Senate, 1994-2002; U.S. Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2003- [10]
Christopher Van Hollen (b. 1922), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1972-76; Maldive Islands, 1972-76 [10]

Citations +

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Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"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 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html