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

Hedley is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Hedley family once lived in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Hedley belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Hedley family name include Headley, Heggeley, Headly, Hedley, Hedly, Hedlegg, Hedleigh, Headlee, Headleigh, Hegeley and many more.

First found in Shropshire and Hampshire where the name has been found since ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. There is a record of a Siward de Hedeleia in 1148, in Winton, Hampshire.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hedley research. Another 295 words(21 lines of text) covering the year 1273 is included under the topic Early Hedley History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Hedley surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Hedley Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Edward and Theo Hedley, who settled in Bermuda in 1635
  • Edward Hedley, aged 13, landed in Bermuda in 1635

Hedley Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Henry Hedley, aged 45, landed in New York in 1799

Hedley Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Hedley, who arrived in Charleston, SC in 1813
  • Hartas Hedley, who arrived in New York in 1825

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  • Thomas Hedley, American publisher
  • William Hedley (1773-1843), English industrial engineer and railway innovator
  • Jack Hedley (b. 1930), English actor
  • William Hedley (1779-1843), English industrial engineer
  • Dr. Ronald Hedley, of the British Museum of Natural History


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  2. Holt, J.C. Ed. Domesday Studies. Woodbridge: Boydell, 1987. Print. (ISBN 0-85115-477-8).
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  4. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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  6. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  7. Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
  8. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  9. Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
  10. Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
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The Hedley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Hedley 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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