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

The present generation of the Dana family is only the most recent to bear a name that dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name comes from having lived in the valley or the dann. The surname often meant the dweller in the valley.

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Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Dana include Dan, Dann, Danne, Dans, Danns, Dannes and others.

First found in Sussex where they held a family seat from very ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dana research. Another 254 words(18 lines of text) covering the year 1327 is included under the topic Early Dana History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the Dana family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 108 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Dana were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:

  • Alonso Dana, who came to Peru in 1598

Dana Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Richard Dana, who landed in Cambridge, Mass in 1655

Dana Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Sally Dana, who arrived in New York in 1807
  • John Dana, who landed in New York in 1807
  • Abraham Dana, who arrived in New York in 1807
  • Dolly Dana, who landed in New York in 1807
  • Patrick Dana, aged 22, arrived in Boston, Mass in 1822


Dana Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Anna Dana, who settled in Galveston, TX in 1906

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  • Charles Anderson Dana (1819-1897), American newspaper editor
  • James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), American mineralogist and geologist
  • Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879), American poet
  • Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882), American author
  • Bill Dana (b. 1924), American comedian, actor, and screenwriter perhaps best known as the heavily-accented Mexican character named José Jiménez on the Ed Sullivan Show


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  5. Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
  6. 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).
  7. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  8. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  9. Crispin, M. Jackson and Leonce Mary. Falaise Roll Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  10. Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
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The Dana Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dana 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.

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