Burns Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Burns

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Burns history with Burns Family Crest
Suggested Readings for Burns
Surname Notables
Clan Badge of Burns

Septs of Burns

About Family Crests

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Origin Displayed: Scottish

Where did the Scottish Burns family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Burns family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The name Burns was first used by the ancient Strathclyde-Briton people of the Scottish/English Borderlands. The first Burns family lived in the county of Cumberland.

Surnames that evolved in Scotland in the Middle Ages often appear under many spelling variations. These are due to the practice of spelling according to sound in the era before dictionaries had standardized the English language. Burns has appeared as Burns, Burnes and others.

First found in Cumberland, where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

The North American colonies beckoned, with their ample land and opportunity as their freedom from the persecution suffered by so many clan families back home. Many Scots even fought against England in the American War of Independence to gain this freedom. Recently, clan societies have allowed the ancestors of these brave Scottish settlers to rediscover their familial roots. Among them: Archibald Burns who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1850; Bernard, Catherine, Charles, Daniel, Edward, George, Henry, James, John, Joseph, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.

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Suggested Readings for the name Burns

The Burns Family and Allied Lines of North Carolina, Alabama, and Texas by Estella Mae Burns Stewart.

Some noteworthy people of the name Burns

John A Burns, American Governor of Hawaii
Lindsay Burns, American rower
George Burns (1896-1996), Academy Award-winning Jewish-American comedian and actor
Arthur Frank Burns, American (Austrian-born) economist and diplomat, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (1970–1978), and U.S. ambassador to Germany (1981–1985)
James MacGregor Burns (b. 1918), American Pulitzer prize winning biographer (1971), and Professor of Political Science at Williams College, Massachusetts
Ken Burns (b. 1953), American, documentary filmmaker
Sir Alexander Burns (1805-1841), Scottish traveler/diplomat
Sir George Burns (1795-1890), 1st Baronet, a Scottish shipping magnate
Robert Burns (1759-1796), the national poet of Scotland, best remembered for his poem "Auld Lang Syne"
Eedson Louis Millard "Tommy" Burns (1897-1985), Canadian Army Lieutenant-General and diplomat, Companion of the Order of Canada in 1967
Sir James Burns (1846-1923), Australian businessman, ship owner and philanthropist
John Burns (1858-1943), British Labor politician

Burns Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Burns
Bearns, Berns, Burn, Burns and more.

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Burns family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Burns coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Burns genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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Burns Family Crest Products

Anniversary

Anniversary products for the name Burns.

Apparel

Apparel with a Burns coat of arms.

Armorial histories

Armorial histories for the name Burns.

Ceramics

Ceramics with a Burns family crest.

Clan Badges

Clan Badges for the name Burns.

Clip art

Clip art of all the most used heraldic pieces.

Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms for the name Burns.

Downloads

Downloads featuring the Burns family crest.

Family Crest

Family Crest for the name Burns.

Family Tree

Family Tree with the family crest for the name Burns.

Hand Painted Plaques

Hand Painted Plaques with the family crest for the name Burns.

Keychains

Keychains emphasing the family crest for the name Burns.

Mouse pads

Mouse pads for the Burns family crest.

New Products

New Products proudly displaying the Burns family crest.

Packages

Packages revealing the Burns family crest.

Plaques and Frames

Plaques and Frames proudly displaying the Burns family crest.

Surname Histories

Surname Histories for the name Burns.

Symbolism

Symbolism featuring the family crest for the surname Burns.

Travel Mugs

Travel Mugs revealing the Burns family crest.

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The Burns Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Burns 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.