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Where did the English Huntington family come from? What is the English Huntington family crest and coat of arms? When did the Huntington family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Huntington family history?
The name Huntington is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived in the settlement of Huntingdon in the county of Huntingdonshire, or in one of the various places called Huntington in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the North Riding of Yorkshire.
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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)
The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Huntington has been spelled many different ways, including Huntington, Huntingdon and others.First found in Essex 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 Huntington research. Another 320 words(23 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Huntington History 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 Huntington. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Huntingtons to arrive in North America:
Huntington Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Christopher and Margaret Huntington settled in Boston in 1633 with their sons Simon and Thomas
- Simon Huntington, who landed in Boston, Mass in 1633
- Lydia Huntington, who arrived in Virginia in 1642
- Lydia Huntington settled in Virginia in 1642
- Andrew Huntington, who arrived in Virginia in 1642
Huntington Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Thomas Huntington, who arrived in New York in 1785
Huntington Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Edward Huntington, aged 45, landed in New York in 1812
- Ellen Huntington, aged 19, arrived in New York in 1862
- Joseph Huntington, aged 24, landed in New York in 1862
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- Samuel Phillips Huntington Ph.D. (b. 1927), controversial American political scientist and Professor at Harvard University
- George Huntington (1850-1916), American physician and eponym of the disease which he described precisely in 1872 in his first medical paper
- Sarah Huntington, American photographer
- Jim Huntington (b. 1941), American sculptor
- Samuel Huntington (1731-1796), American signer of Declaration of Independence
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- Norris, Hackett, Prescott and Allied Families: Our Ancestors and Their Descendants, Including Adams, Andrews, Bachelder, Bartlett, Boulter, Brewer, Brown, Harding, Hinkley, Howard, Huntington et al by Hugh Albert Johns.
- The Hunington Letters, In the Possession of Julia Chester Wells... Printed for Private Distribution by William Denison McCraken.
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- Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
- Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
- Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
- 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.
- Bardsley, C.W. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6).
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The Huntington Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Huntington 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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