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

Holman is a name whose history dates far back into the mists of early British times to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. It is a name for a holy man who was a priest or friar. The surname Holman originally derived from the Old English word Hol or Hool. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames referred to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, appearance, habits, or character.

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The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Holman has been recorded under many different variations, including Holman, Hollman, Holeman and others.

First found in Worcestershire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Holman research. Another 264 words(19 lines of text) covering the year 1307 is included under the topic Early Holman History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the Holman family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 114 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Holman or a variant listed above:

Holman Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Edward Holman settled in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1621
  • Edward Holman, who landed in Plymouth, Mass in 1623
  • John Holman, who settled in Nantasket Massachusetts in 1630
  • William Holman settled in Cambridge Mass in 1630
  • Edward Holman settled in Boston in 1632


Holman Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Solomon Holman, who landed in New England in 1703
  • Michael Holman, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1794

Holman Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Joseph George Holman, who landed in America in 1812
  • John W Holman, who arrived in Texas in 1835
  • Isaac Holman, who arrived in Texas in 1835
  • John Holman, aged 25, landed in New York, NY in 1842
  • Matthew Holman, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1854


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  • John Holman (1918-1975), American NASCAR owner
  • Rufus Cecil Holman (1877-1959), American politician, U.S. Senator from Oregon (1939-45)
  • Frank Ezekiel Holman (1886-1967), American Rhodes Scholar attorney
  • Bill Holman (b. 1927), American jazz arranger


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  • Early Carolina Heilmans (Hallmans-Holmans) 1736-1800 by Elmer Berley Hallman.
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  1. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  2. Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  3. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  4. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  5. Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
  6. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  7. Hitching, F.K and S. Hitching. References to English Surnames in 1601-1602. Walton On Thames: 1910. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0181-3).
  8. Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
  9. Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  10. Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
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The Holman Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Holman 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.

This page was last modified on 23 January 2012 at 08:54.

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