Holling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

The Anglo-Saxon name Holling comes from the family having resided in the county of Sussex, where they held lands in the parish of Hollington and in Derbyshire where they lived in the township of Hollington.

Early Origins of the Holling family

The surname Holling was first found in Sussex and Derbyshire, where evidence suggests they held a family seat before the Norman Conquest.

Early History of the Holling family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Holling research. Another 110 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1086 and 1273 are included under the topic Early Holling History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Holling Spelling Variations

Holling has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Spelling variants included: Hollington, Holington, Holling, Hollingham, Hollingdon, Hollindon and many more.

Early Notables of the Holling family

Distinguished members of the family include

Edmund Hollings of Yorkshire, a prominent 16th century physician who studied at Rome and Ingolstadt, Bavaria

Holling migration to the United States +

In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Hollings to arrive on North American shores:

Holling Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Laughlin Holling, who landed in Maryland in 1663 1

Holling Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Cath Holling, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 1
F. H. Holling, who arrived in Baltimore in 1833
Catherine Holling, who settled in America in 1838
Christopher Holling traveled to Missouri in 1844
Christopher Holling, aged 37, who landed in Missouri in 1844 1
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Holling (post 1700) +

Carl Theodore Holling (1896-1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1921 to 1922
Thomas Leslie Holling (1889-1966), American politician, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York (1938-1941)
Holling Clancy Holling (1900-1973), born Holling Allison Clancy, an American author and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, awarded a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942 and was later an Academy Award nominated short film
Thomas L. Holling, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 50th District, 1932, 1934; Delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Mayor of Buffalo, New York, 1938-41 2
Crawford Stanley "Buzz" Holling OC (b. 1930), Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida
Holling Clancy Holling (1900-1973), born Holling Allison Clancy, an American author and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, awarded a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942 and was later an Academy Award nominated short film

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html