| ![Show Contents]() Hamling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The ancestors of the Hamling family brought their name to England in the wave of migration after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in Gloucestershire. Their name, however, is local reference of Old French derivation. It is stems from the Old French root hamel, indicating that the original bearer of the name once worked at an outlying farm which was dependent upon a main village. Several areas in Normandy are called Hamelin. Early Origins of the Hamling familyThe surname Hamling was first found in the Domesday Book of 1086 where "three of this name are entered as under-tenants: Hamelin homo Hugonis filii Baldrici in Lincolnshire; Hamelin holding of Roger de Montgomery in Sussex, and also mentioned in Devonshire; and Hamelin of Cornwall. 'Whether Hamelin of Devonshire and Hamelin of Cornwall were the same person, does not appear. In the latter county Hamelin held twenty-two manors under the Earl of Mortaine. He is supposed to have been the ancestor of the Trelawny family, and to have resided at Treloen, one of the manors described in the Survey as his property." 1 Early History of the Hamling familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hamling research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1105, 1129, 1148, 1202, 1275, 1533, 1534 and 1539 are included under the topic Early Hamling History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hamling Spelling VariationsA multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Hamelin, Hamelyn, Hamelen, Hamelyng, Hamelyne and others. Early Notables of the Hamling familyAnother 35 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hamling Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Hamling family to Ireland
Some of the Hamling family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 31 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Hamling migration to the United States | + |
Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Hamling or a variant listed above:
Hamling Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Thomas Hamling, who arrived in Maryland in 1843 2
- Miss Therese Hamling, aged 28, German settler who arrived in New Orleans in 1846 aboard the ship "Constitution", bound for St. Louis
Hamling Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- John Baptist Hamling, who landed in Arkansas in 1906 2
| Hamling migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Hamling Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- H. Hamling, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Lord Ashley" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 14th October 1858 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hamling (post 1700) | + |
- Bill Hamling, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972 4
| Historic Events for the Hamling family | + |
HMS Halsted - Mr. Frank Hamling (b. 1916), Scottish Royal Navy stoker from Edinburgh, Scotland was stationed aboard the "HMS Halsted" when it was struck by torpedo by Jaguar and Mowe of the Cherbourg coast on 11th June 1944, he did not survive
- Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 2 of 3
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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