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![Show Contents]() Line History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Line was a topographic name derived from the Old English "lind," which meant "lime tree." Alternatively, the name could have been a shortened version of female first names such as Cateline, Emmeline, and Adeline which all contain the suffix "line". Finally, the name could have been a derivative of the word/surname "lane," but we feel that this later scenario is unlikely. Early Origins of the Line familyThe surname Line was first found in Oxfordshire where the earliest records of the name include a record of Lina in the Pipe Rolls of Oxfordshire in 1181. It was quite common for names not to include a personal name at that time. Later records show William Thomas Lyne in the 1296 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex; and Reginal Lynes in the Assize Rolls of Cornwall of 1340. Yorkshire was the home to many of the family as the Yorkshire Poll Tax Records to 1379, include: Thomas in ye Lyen; Willelmus in ye Lyne; and Johannes del Lyen. Interestingly, years later in 1582, records show "William Lyne, sonne of John Kyne, he died of ye plague, yers 29: St. Peter, Cornhill." Early History of the Line familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Line research. Another 41 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1569, 1595, 1599, 1601, 1622, 1647 and 1675 are included under the topic Early Line History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Line Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Lyne, Line, Lynes, Lines and others. Early Notables of the Line family- Francis Line (1595-1675), also known as Linus of Liège, a Jesuit priest and scientist, best known for inventing a magnetic clock
Line RankingIn the United States, the name Line is the 14,006th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Line migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Line Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Line, who arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1645 2
- Dary Line, who landed in Virginia in 1653 2
| Line 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: Line Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Mr. Job George Line, (b. 1862), aged 6 months, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Echunga" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 24th December 1862 3
- Mr. George Line, (b. 1828), aged 34, British ploughman travelling from London aboard the ship "Echunga" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 24th December 1862 3
- Mrs. Julia Line, (b. 1834), aged 28, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Echunga" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 24th December 1862 3
- Mr. Job George Line, (b. 1871), aged 6 months, English settler from Wells, England, travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship 'Merope' arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th August 1871 3
- Mr. George Line, (b. 1837), aged 34, English ploughman from Wells, England, travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship 'Merope' arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th August 1871 3
- ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
| Line 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. 4Line Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Christopher Line, who settled in Barbados in 1679
| Contemporary Notables of the name Line (post 1700) | + |
- Frances Mary Line OBE (1940-2021), birth name of Frances Lloyd, a British broadcasting executive, Controller of BBC Radio 2, the first woman to hold the post and only the third to run a BBC Radio network
- Line Rochefort, Canadian scientist specializing in peatland ecology
| Historic Events for the Line family | + |
- Mr. James A Line, British Leading Stoker, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 5
- "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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
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