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England
Scotland

Huntly is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the settlement of Huntley in Gloucestershire. The surname Huntly belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. The name Huntly was also given to people who dwelled by "the hunter's wood." 1

Early Origins of the Huntly family

The surname Huntly was first found in Monmouthshire where they claim descent from William Fitz-Baderon who held the barony of Monmouth including 22 lordships at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086. 2 3

Huntley is a parish, in the union of Westbury, duchy of Lancaster in Gloucestershire and a small hamlet in the parish and union of Cheadle, in the hundred of Totmonslow in Staffordshire. 4 The Gloucestershire parish dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Huntelei. The parish and hamlet literally mean "huntsman's wood or clearing," having derived from the Old English "hunta" + "leah." 5

To the far north in Scotland, the family claim descent "from the ancient hamlet of Huntlie in Berwickshire, now extinct. Robert de Hunteleghe of the county of Roxberghe rendered homage [to King Edward I of England] in 1296. The name Huntly in Aberdeenshire was borrowed from Huntlie in Berwickshire, the old barony of Gordon, including Huntlie, being owned by the earls of Huntly down to 1638." 6

Today Huntly is a burgh of barony and a parish, in the district of Strathbogie, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "This place, including the united parishes of Dumbennan and Kinoir, anciently formed part of the ample possessions of the powerful family of the Cumyns, of whose baronial seat, Strathbogie Castle, there are still considerable remains. The castle was almost destroyed after the battle of Glenlivet, in 1594, but was restored, with considerable additions, by the first Marquess of Huntly, in 1602, and, under the name of Huntly Castle. The town, which derives its name from its founders, the family of Gordon. " 7

Early History of the Huntly family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Huntly research. Another 135 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1200 and 1296 are included under the topic Early Huntly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Huntly Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Huntly family name include Huntley, Huntly, Huntlie, Huntleigh and others.

Early Notables of the Huntly family

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Huntly migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Huntly surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Huntly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edw Huntly, who landed in Virginia in 1654 8
Hannah Huntly, who arrived in Virginia in 1654 8
William Huntly, who arrived in Virginia in 1657 8

Huntly Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

A Huntly, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 8
Mary Huntly, who landed in America in 1850 8

Huntly migration to New Zealand +

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:

Huntly Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Albert Huntly, aged 21, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waipa" in 1876
Elizabeth Huntly, aged 19, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waipa" in 1876
Jane Huntly, aged 11 months, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waipa" in 1876

Huntly migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 9

Huntly Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Thomas Huntly, who settled in St. Christopher (Saint Kitts) in 1663

Contemporary Notables of the name Huntly (post 1700) +

Richard H. Huntly, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1878 10
Henry Huntly Haight (1825-1878), American politician, the tenth American Governor of California
Justin Huntly McCarthy (1860-1935), Irish Nationalist
Henry Huntly Haight (1825-1878), American Democratic Party politician, Governor of California, 1867-71; Defeated, 1871 11
Huntly D. Millar (1927-2016), Canadian founder and CEO of Millar, Inc., an American medical inovator

Citations +

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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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)
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