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Origins Available:
England

The name Northrop is a habitational name, derived from the place named Northorpe in Lincolnshire. The place name comes from the Old English "norþ," meaning "north," and "þorp," or "þrop," meaning an "outlying farmstead" or "hamlet." or "dweller north in the village." 1 2

Early Origins of the Northrop family

The surname Northrop was first found in Lincolnshire at Northorpe, a parish, in the union of Gainsborough, wapentake of Corringham. 3 4

Stephen de Northorp was listed here in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. Later Willelmus Northop, was found i nthe Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 5

John and Thomas Northupp(e) were listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1296. 2

Early History of the Northrop family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Northrop research. Another 105 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1216, 1273, 1296, 1379, 1682, 1744 and 1773 are included under the topic Early Northrop History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Northrop Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Northrup, Northorp, Northrop, Northup, Northope and others.

Early Notables of the Northrop family

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Northrop Ranking

In the United States, the name Northrop is the 8,543^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 6

Northrop migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Northrop Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Northrop, who landed in America in 1782 7

Northrop Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John A. Northrop, who arrived in Baltimore in 1847
R Northrop, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 7
R. Northrop migrated to California in 1851
Edwin Northrop, who settled in New York, NY in 1883

Northrop migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Northrop Settlers in Canada in the 16th Century

Joshua Northrop, who settled in Nova Scotia sometime between 1598 and 1867

Northrop Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Joseph Northrop U.E. who settled in Sissiboo, Digby County, Nova Scotia c. 1784 listed on the Muster Roll at Gulliver's Hole, St. Mary's Bay and Sissiboo 8

Northrop Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Henry S. Northrop, who settled in Ontario in 1871

Northrop migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Northrop Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Abraham Northrop, (Northrop), (b. 1811), aged 33, English wool comber who was convicted in York, Yorkshire, England for 15 years for theft, transported aboard the "Blundell" on 13th March 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1886 9

Northrop 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:

Northrop Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Isaac Northrop, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Excelsior" in 1870 10

Contemporary Notables of the name Northrop (post 1700) +

John Howard Northrop, American biochemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1946
John Knudsen "Jack" Northrop (1895-1981), American aircraft industrialist and designer, who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939
William N. Northrop, American politician, Member of Connecticut State Senate 15th District, 1882-83 11
Oliver Northrop, American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Newtown, 1836 11
Lewis G. Northrop, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Bridgewater; Elected 1908 11
John J. Northrop, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Newtown; Elected 1904; First Selectman of Newtown, Connecticut, 1920, 1922 11
John Northrop, American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Newtown, 1827 11
Frederick E. Northrop, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Fairfield; Elected 1910 11
Grace Northrop, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996 11
Frank Northrop, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Sharon, 1908, 1920 11
... (Another 17 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/blundell
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 4th November 2011). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html