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Hood Family Crest
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Where did the German Hood family come from? What is the German Hood family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hood family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hood family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Hoop, Hoogh, Hooper, Hoopen, Hoopern, Hooperbusch, Hoopermann, Hop, Hope, Hopfer, Hood, Hooden and many more.

First found in Bavaria, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. They declared allegiances to many nobles and princes of early history, lending their influence in struggles for power and status within the region. They branched into many houses, and their contributions were sought by many leaders in their search for power.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hood research. Another 160 words(11 lines of text) covering the years 1789 and 1855 are included under the topic Early Hood History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Hood Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hood Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Ralph Hood settled in Virginia in 1621
  • John Hood settled in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630
  • Richard Hood, who arrived in Lynn, Mass in 1650
  • Jeremiah Hood, who landed in Massachusetts in 1676
  • Thomas Hood settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1682


Hood Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • David Hood, who arrived in New England in 1723
  • Elizabeth Hood, who landed in South Carolina in 1772
  • Joan Hood, who arrived in South Carolina in 1772

Hood Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Thomas Hood, who landed in New York in 1810
  • McClelland Hood, who arrived in America in 1812
  • Joseph Hood, aged 21, arrived in Rhode Island in 1812
  • Robert Hood, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1813
  • Peter Hood, aged 28, landed in New York, NY in 1821


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  • John Bell Hood (1831-1879), American, Confederate general in the Civil War
  • William Hood (b. 1846), American Civil War soldier and chief engineer for the Central Pacific Railway
  • Alexander Nelson Hood (1814-1904), 1st Viscount Bridport
  • Thomas Hood (1799-1845), British poet and editor who wrote comic and topical verse
  • Horace Lambert Alexander Hood (1870-1916), Rear Admiral
  • Henry Lyttleton Alexander Hood (b. 1958), 8th Viscount Hood
  • Samuel Hood (1724-1816), British admiral
  • John Hood (b. 1952), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 5 October 2004 until 30 September 2009
  • Alexander Fuller-Acland- Hood PC (1853-1917), 1st Baron St Audries, British Conservative Party politician


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  1. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  2. Bahlow, Hans. Abhandlungen zur Namenforschung und Buchgeschichte. 1980. Print. (ISBN 978-3768690522).
  3. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
  4. Gritzner, M. Handbuch der heraldischen Terminologie in zwölf Zungen. Nürnberg: 1890. Print.
  5. Jones, George F. The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783 Revised edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0806311614).
  6. Bahlow, Hans (Edda Gentry trns). Dictionary of German Names . Madison, Wisconsin: Max Kade Institute, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7).
  7. Göbel, Otto. Niederdeutsche Familiennamen der Gegenwart Wolfshagen-Schäbentz. Franz: Westphal, 1936. Print.
  8. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  9. Strassburger, Ralph B. German Pioneers The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia 3 Volumes. Baltimore: Picton Press, 1992. Print. (ISBN 978-0929539980).
  10. Hildenbrand, A.M. Wappenfibel. Handbuch der Heraldik. Neustadt an der Aisch: 1970. Print.
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The Hood Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Hood Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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