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Henry Family Crest and Name History

Origins Available: French, Irish

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

The name Henry is tied to the ancient French culture that is at the heart of Western civilization. It comes from This particular name was devised in Brittany, in the northwest of the country. The Germanic personal name Heinrich, which is composed of the elements heim, which means home, and ric, which means power.

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Henry Early Origins

French surnames were subject to numerous spelling alterations depending on the region and time it was used. The early development of the French language relied heavily on borrowing elements and grammar from other languages. For example, Old French was infused with Germanic words and sounds when barbarian tribes invaded and settled in France after the fall of the Roman Empire. Middle French also borrowed heavily from the Italian language during the Renaissance. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Henry is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Henry, Henri, Henrie, Henriette, Henriet, Henrion, Henriot, Henrich, Henrichet, Henrichon, Henrat, Henraux, Henrot, Henrotte, Henroutet, Henriquet and many more.

First found in Brittany, where the family stems from Vaurouil and de la Motte-Henry, villages in Saint-Gilles, to the west of Rennes, in the former barony of Gaël-Montfort.

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Henry Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Henry research. Another 259 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1218, 1248, 1364, 1375, 1407, 1520, 1659, 1669, 1682, 1689, 1714, 1756, 1792, 1819, 1829, 1836, 1840, 1846, and 1898 are included under the topic Early Henry History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Henry Early Notables

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The Great Migration

French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Henry surname were

Henry Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Andrew Henry, who arrived in Virginia in 1651

Richard Henry, who landed in Virginia in 1655

Samll Henry, who landed in Virginia in 1663

Henry Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Danl Henry, who landed in Virginia in 1713

John Francis Henry, who landed in South Carolina in 1739

John Frederik Henry, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741

Marian Henry, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1746

Charles Henry, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1746

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Henry Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

Jean Henry, who arrived in Louisiana in 1805-1809

John Henry, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1808

James Henry, who arrived in America in 1808

Michael Henry, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1811

Rebecca Henry, aged 48, arrived in Massachusetts in 1812

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Henry Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century

David George Henry, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1900

Adolf Henry, who landed in Arkansas in 1903

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Contemporary Notables of the name Henry

Mike Henry (b. 1965), American writer, producer, singer, voice actor, and comedian
Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821-1898), American inventor of the Henry rifle
Beulah Louise Henry (1887-1973), American inventor, nicknamed "Lady Edison"
Private Robert T Henry (1923-1944), American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
William A. Henry III (1950-1994), award-winning American cultural critic and author awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Major-General Guy Vernor Henry (1875-1967), American Chairman of Military Co-operation Commission Canada-US (1946-1947)
Major-General Stephen Garrett Henry (1894-1973), American Assistant Chief of Staff (G1) US Army (1944-1945)
Pierre Henry (b. 1927), French composer
John Anthony Henry (1939-2007), English toxicologist and consultant to Britain's National Poisons Information Service
George Stewart Henry (1871-1958), Canadian politician

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References

Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
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The Henry Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Henry 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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