Pattenden Surname History

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England

Early Origins of the Pattenden family

The surname Pattenden was first found in Kent 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 14th century when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Pattenden family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pattenden research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1317, 1455, 1487, 1582, 1741, 1769 and 1791 are included under the topic Early Pattenden History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pattenden Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pattenden, Battenden, Pattendon, Battendon and others.

Early Notables of the Pattenden family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Pattenden family of Kent...
Thomas Pattenden (1741-1791), was an English cricketer and believed to have been an innkeeper in his native village of East Peckham...
He is thought to have been the Pattenden playing for the Duke of Dorset’s XI against Wrotham in 1769...

Pattenden migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pattenden Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Pattenden, who landed in America in 1760-1763 1
John Pattenden, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Maryland in 1761

Pattenden Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Herbert Pattenden, who was naturalized in Wisconsin in 1898

Pattenden migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pattenden Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Richard Pattenden, who was on record in the census of Ontario, Canada of 1871

Pattenden 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:

Pattenden Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Joseph Pattenden, (b. 1860), aged 19, British settler travelling from Plymouth aboard the ship "Stad Haarlem" arriving in Lyttleton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 14th April 1879 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Pattenden (post 1700) +

Mike Pattenden, British journalist and writer
Rosemary Pattenden BComm, LLB (New South Wales) DPhil (Oxon), Professor of Law at the University of East Anglia
William Pattenden (1747-1817), English professional cricketer
Colin Pattenden (1971-1978), English professional bass guitar player, member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Thomas Pattenden (1741-1791), English cricketer

Citations +

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 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html