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Where did the English Romney family come from? What is the English Romney family crest and coat of arms? When did the Romney family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Romney family history?
Romney is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Romney family lived in Kent, at Romney, from whence they took their name.
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Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Rumney, Rumnie, Romney, Romny, Romenel, Rumenel, Romnay and many more.First found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Romney, anciently Romenel. At the time of the taking of the Domesday Book, [1] a survey of England initiated by Duke William of Normandy after his conquest of England, the village of Romney was held by a Norman noble, Robert de Romenel, and as was the Norman custom, the second son of the family adopted the name of the village.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Romney or a variant listed above were:
Romney Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Romney who settled in Virginia in 1635
Romney Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- John Romney settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1767
Romney Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Auguota Romney, aged 40, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1893
- Axel Romney, aged 23, who arrived at Ellis Island from London, in 1898
Romney Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Cecil Romney, aged 28, who arrived at Ellis Island from Kingston, in 1906
- Elizabeth Romney, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Grays, England, in 1907
- Annie Romney, aged 30, who arrived at Ellis Island from Manchester, England, in 1909
- Annie M. Romney, aged 32, who arrived at Ellis Island from South Stafford, England, in 1916
- Alice Romney, aged 64, who arrived at Ellis Island from Kingston, Jamaica, in 1920
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- Carl F Romney, American Seismologist, Virginia
- Willard Mitt Romney (b. 1947), Republican politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, candidate for U.S. President, son of George W. Romney
- George Romney (1734-1802), English painter
- John Romney (1785-1863), English artist in printmaking and watercolour
- Valentine "Val" Romney (1718-1773), English cricketer
- George Wilcken Romney (1907-1995), American businessman and politician, chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation (1954 to 1962), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (1963 to 1969)
- G Scott Romney, Michigan politician
- Marion G Romney, Prominent leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Cyril Romney (1931-2007), Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands (1983 to 1986)
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- ^ Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Other References- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
- Elster, Robert J. International Who's Who. London: Europa/Routledge. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Lennard, Reginald. Rural England 1086-1135 A Study of Social and Agrarian Conditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Print.
- Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 Edited by Samuel Eliot Morrison 2 Volumes. New York: Russell and Russell, 1968. Print.
- Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
- Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
- Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
- Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
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