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Where did the English Hume family come from? What is the English Hume family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hume family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hume family history?
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
During the era when a person's name, tribe and posterity was one of his most important possessions, many different spellings were found in the archives examined. Hume occurred in many references, and spelling variations of the name found included Home, Hume, Humes and others.First found in Berwickshire 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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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hume research. Another 221 words(16 lines of text) covering the year 1296 is included under the topic Early Hume History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
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Our PDF Extended History includes the Life In Ireland!
Some of the Hume family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 123 words(9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Hume. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of illness and the elements, were buried at sea. In North America, early immigrants bearing the family name Hume, or a spelling variation of the surname include:
Hume Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Andrews Hume, aged 32, arrived in New York in 1634
- James Hume, who settled in Virginia in 1648
- James Hume settled in Virginia in 1648
- Alistair John, Thomas and David Hume, who all arrived in Boston Massachusetts in 1651
- Alestre Hume, who landed in Boston, Mass in 1651
Hume Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Thomas Hume, who landed in Maryland in 1716
- George Hume, who arrived in Virginia in 1720
- Sophia Hume, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1747-1748
- John Hume, who settled in Georgia in 1775
- John Hume settled in Georgia in 1775
Hume Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Francis Hume, who landed in New York in 1801
- Thos Hume, who landed in America in 1805
- William Hume, aged 40, arrived in Tennessee in 1812
- Alexander Hume, who arrived in New York in 1824
- Walter Hume, who arrived in America in 1848
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- Brit Hume (b. 1943), American commentator and television journalist for Fox News
- Brigadier-General Edgar Erskine Hume (1889-1952), American Chief Surgeon US Far East Command (1949-1951)
- Basil Cardinal Hume (1923-1999), former Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Gary Stewart Hume (b. 1962), English artist appointed a Royal Academician in 2001
- Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910), English historian
- John Hume (b. 1937), Irish co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize
- Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), British administrator in India
- Frederick J Hume (1892-1967), Canadian politician, mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (1951-1958)
- Ivor Noël Hume (b. 1927), British-born archaeologist and author
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- A Hume Chronicle: Andrew Hume of Fauquier County, Virginia, His Scottish Heritage and American Descendants by O. Clyde Donaldson.
- The Ancestors of Robert Hume North, 1907-1974, A Descendant of Andrew Bloomfield, 1716-1796, and Anna Hude of Woodbridge, New Jersey by Robert Hume North.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
- Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
- Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
- Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Reaney P.H and R.M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X).
- Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
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