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Farnham History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

As a native Irish surname, Farnham is an Anglicization of the Gaelic name "Ó Forannáin;" however there are also bearers of this name who came to Ireland from Britian in the waves of successive emigration. Some of the latter would come to be known as the Scotch-Irish.

Early Origins of the Farnham family

The surname Farnham was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where both those of native Irish stock, as well as those who came from Britain lived and held land.

Early History of the Farnham family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Farnham research. Another 65 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1810 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Farnham History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Farnham Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Farnan, O'Farnan, Farnon, O'Farnon, and Farnham and others.

Early Notables of the Farnham family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

John Maxwell, the 1st Baron Farnham, who had Farnham House, one of the largest houses in Co...

Farnham Ranking

In the United States, the name Farnham is the 7,155^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Farnham migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Farnham Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas and Ralph Farnham, who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1634
Alice, Mary, and Ralph Farnham, who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1635
Henry Farnham of Warwickshire, settled in Massachusetts in 1644
Jos Farnham, who landed in Virginia in 1663 2

Farnham Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Robert Farnham, who settled in Maryland in 1741

Farnham Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C W Farnham, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
S Farnham, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
C N Farnham, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
J Farnham, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
George and W. Farnham, who settled in San Francisco, California in 1852
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Farnham migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Farnham Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Ephraim Farnham U.E. who settled in New Brunswick c. 1784 member of the Penobscot Association 3

Farnham Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

John Farnham, who settled in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, in 1802 4
John Farnham, who arrived in Canada in 1834

Farnham migration to Australia +

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

Farnham Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Giles Farnham, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "David Malcolm" in 1847 5
Ruth Farnham, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "David Malcolm" in 1847 5
Jane Farnham, aged 26, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1859 aboard the ship "Escort"

Contemporary Notables of the name Farnham (post 1700) +

Mark Buddy Farnham (b. 1987), American football wide receiver
Sally James Farnham (b. 1869), American sculptor
Jeremiah W. Farnham (d. 1905), American merchant sailor and sea captain
Brian Farnham, American journalist and editor in chief of Patch
Russel Farnham (1784-1832), American frontiersman, explorer, and fur trader
Eliza Farnham (1815-1864), 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist
Joseph White Farnham (1884-1931), American playwright and a film writer and film editor
Leon Farnham, American former manager of NASA operations
Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1804-1848), American lawyer and author, who let an expedition across American to Oregon in 1839
Roswell Farnham (b. 1827), American Governor of Vermont
... (Another 16 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"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
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) DAVID MALCOLM 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847DavidMalcolm.htm