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Homes Surname History

Origins Available:
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Scotland
Ireland

Homes was first used as a surname by the descendents of the Boernician clans of Scotland. The Homes family lived in Berwickshire. They held the barony of Home from very early times and possibly predate the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Home family is part of a noble lineage descending from the Earls of Dunbar, and the family of the Earl of Northumberland, the great Gospatrick, a descendent of the Kings of Bernicia. They first appear in the records in 1268, when William of Home appeared on a charter. They next appear (as so many of the prominent Scottish families do) in 1296, when Geffrai de Home of Lanarkshire swore an oath of allegiance (in the Ragman Rolls) to King Edward I of England after that king's brief conquest of Scotland.

Early Origins of the Homes family

The surname Homes was first found in Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland. They held the barony of Home from very early times, and possibly predate the Norman Conquest in 1066. There were many branches of the Homes family including the Homes of Cowdenknowes, the Homes of Wedderburn, the Homes of Manderston, the Homes of Renton, the Homes of Kames, and the Homes of Blackadder.

Early History of the Homes family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Homes research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1456, 1468, 1506, 1560, 1569, 1604, 1609, 1641, 1645, 1648, 1671, 1696, 1698, 1702, 1724, 1797 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Homes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Homes Spelling Variations

Scribes in the Middle Ages simply spelled according to sound. The result is an enormous number of spelling variations among names that evolved in that era. Homes has been spelled Humes, Hum, Humme, Humm, Homes and others.

Early Notables of the Homes family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Sir Alexander Home or Hume (d. 1456), of Home, Warden of the Marches, the eldest son of Sir Alexander Home of Dunglass 1; Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home (c.1468-1506), a Scottish nobleman and soldier, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and Warden of the Eastern March; Alexander Hume (c.1560-c.1609), Scottish poet; Tobias Hume (c.1569-1645), a Scottish composer, viol player and...
Another 68 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Homes Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Homes Ranking

In the United States, the name Homes is the 9,229^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Homes family to Ireland

Some of the Homes family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 89 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Homes migration to the United States +

Most of the Boernician-Scottish families who came to North America settled on the eastern seaboard of what would become the United States and Canada. Families who wanted a new order stayed south in the War of Independence, while those who were still loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. In the 20th century, the ancestors of these families have gone on to rediscover their heritage through Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Homes or a variant listed above:

Homes Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Margaret Homes, aged 23, who landed in Virginia in 1635 3
Miss Margaret Homes, (b. 1612), aged 23, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Safety" arriving in Virginia in 1635 4
Thomas Homes, servant who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1637 aboard the ship "The Rose" 3
Peter Homes, who landed in Virginia in 1637 3
Silvester Homes, who landed in Maryland in 1657 3
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Homes Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Ralph Homes, who landed in Virginia in 1700 3
Edward Homes, who landed in Virginia in 1702 3
Anne Homes, who landed in Virginia in 1714 3
William Homes, who landed in New England in 1715 3
Christoph Homes, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Homes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henry Homes, who settled in New Bedford Massachusetts in 1822
George Homes, who landed in New York in 1852 3

Homes migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Homes Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Absalom Homes U.E., "Holmes" who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 5

Homes Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Joseph Homes, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1835

Homes migration to Australia +

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

Homes Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Sarah Homes, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Petrel" in 1851 6
Mr. James Homes, Scottish convict who was convicted in Edinburgh, Scotland for 14 years, transported aboard the "Fairlie" on 9th Mary 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 7

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"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)
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's. Retrieved October 5th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
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
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) PETREL 1851. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1851Petrel.htm
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie