Burgen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Netherlands
England
Germany

The surname Burgen comes from the Middle Dutch word "burch," or "burg," meaning a fortified town. The prefixes "Van" and "den" mean "from" and "the" respectively. Thus this surname means "from the hill". As such, it may have been topographic name for someone who lived by a citadel or walled city; or, it may have been a habitational name, taken on from a place name, such as Burch in South Holland or Burcht in Antwerp province, Belgium.

Early Origins of the Burgen family

The surname Burgen was first found in Holland, in Utrecht, a city and capital of the province of Utrecht. One old family-branch descends from the counts of Bergh, beginning with Constantius de Monte in the 12th century. There was a separate line of counts Van den Berghs in the 16th century.

Early History of the Burgen family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burgen research. Another 58 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1627, 1636, 1640, 1664 and 1755 are included under the topic Early Burgen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Burgen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Burger, Burgen, Burg, Van Burg, Van Burger, Van Burgen, Van den Burger, Van den Burg, Van der Burg, Van den Burgh and many more.

Early Notables of the Burgen family

From this era of Dutch history, those of this who distinguished themselves included Johan van der Burg (d. 1640), Dutch Governor of Formosa from 1636 to 1640; Johan...
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Burgen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Burgen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Evan Burgen, who landed in Virginia in 1643 1
Philip Burgen, who landed in Maryland in 1678 1

Burgen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Michael Burgen, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 1

Burgen migration to Australia +

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

Burgen Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. James Burgen, British convict who was convicted in Derby, England for life, transported aboard the "Asia" on 19th November 1827, settling in New South Wales, Australia 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Burgen (post 1700) +

Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS (1922-2022), British physician, pharmacologist, academic and university administrator, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge from 1982–1989, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Cambridge from 1985–1989
Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen (b. 1922), British pharmacologist and director of the National Institute for Medical Research, London

Historic Events for the Burgen family +

Grover Shoe factory

Miss Myra Burgen, American employee of the Grover Shoe factory in Brockton, Massachusetts on 20th March 1905 when the boiler exploded and collapsed the wooden building; she died 3

Citations +

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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 8th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1827
California Digital Newspaper from 21st March 1905 (retrieved on 5th August 2021.) Retrieved from https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19050321.2.19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1