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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Liddane, Leyden, Lidane, Lydon, Fenessey, O'Fennessy, Litany, Littany, Lyden, Lydan, Leyden, Finnessy, Finnessy and many more.

First found in Liddane, where they held a family seat as Chiefs in Tipperary. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lydon research. Another 238 words(17 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lydon History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lydon Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Lydon, who landed in Arkansas in 1876

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  • Alexandra Lydon (b. 1979), Irish and American television actress
  • Christopher Lydon (b. 1940), American media personality and author
  • Jimmy Lydon (b. 1923), American movie actor and television producer
  • Joe Lydon (1878-1937), American welterweight boxer
  • Joseph Patrick Lydon (1878-1937), American welterweight boxer
  • Wayne Lydon (b. 1981), American professional baseball outfielder
  • William A. Lydon (1863-1918), American, founded the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company
  • Don Lydon (b. 1938), Irish psychologist and former politician in Ireland
  • Michael F. Lydon (1907-1977), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917), English engraver of natural history

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  1. Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
  2. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  3. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  4. Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
  5. MacLysaght, Edward. Mores Irish Familes. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0).
  6. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  7. Heraldic Scroll and Map of Family names and Origins of Ireland. Dublin: Mullins. Print.
  8. 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).
  9. Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
  10. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Lydon Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Lydon 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.

This page was last modified on 2 October 2003 at 16:01.

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