Harington Surname History

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Contents

1 Harington Surname History
2 Harington Early Origins
3 The Great Migration
4 Surname Notables
5 See Also
6 References

Origins Available: English, Irish

Where did the Irish Harington family come from? When did the Harington family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Harington family history?

While the name Harington is a well-known English name, people with this surname who claim Ireland as their homeland probably do so correctly. The Birth Registry of 1890 of families in Ulster that were of Scottish/English stock reveals no entries for the surname Harington. Ancient records reveal that the name was originally O'Airchdain in Gaelic ^[1].

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Harington Early Origins

Spelling variations of this family name include: Harrington, Harington, Harraghtan, Hargadan and many more.

First found in south-west Cork and Kerry. There are numerous versions of the name in Gaelic including: O'Hungerdell, O hIongardail, O hOireachtaigh (found in County Galway and County Mayo), and O hArrachtain (found in the Tralee-Dingle area of Kerry). All have been Anglicized into Harrington or one of it's variants for record keeping. ^[2]

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Harington Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Harington, who arrived in Maryland in 1633

Harington Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

Daniel Harington, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1854

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Contemporary Notables of the name Harington

Donald Harington (b. 1935), American author
General Sir Charles Harington (1872-1940), one time Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Vernon Harington, Recorder of the Crown Court
John Charles Dundas Harington (b. 1903), Judge of County Courts
Sir Richard Dundas Harington, 13th Baronet

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References

^ O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigress 5th Edition in 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0737-4)
^ MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7)

Other References

Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
Sullivan, Sir Edward. The Book of Kells 3rd Edition. New York: Crescent Books, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-517-61987-3).
Read, Charles Anderson. The Cabinet of Irish Literature Selections from the Works of the Chief Poets, Orators and Prose Writers of Ireland 4 Volumes. London: Blackie and Son, 1884. Print.
Grehan, Ida. Dictionary of Irish Family Names. Boulder: Roberts Rinehart, 1997. Print. (ISBN 1-57098-137-X).
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).
MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7).
Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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