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Early Origins of the Minturn family

The surname Minturn was first found in Dorset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Minturn family

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Minturn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mintern, Minterne, Minturn, Mintorn, Mintren and many more.

Early Notables of the Minturn family

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United States Minturn migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Minturn Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • J N Minturn, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Minturn (post 1700) +

  • James F. Minturn, American politician, Member of New Jersey State Senate from Hudson County, 1905-07 2
  • Henry C. Minturn, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 31st District, 1982 2


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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