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Ireland

The surname Hanbury is derived from the old Gaelic personal name Ainmhire, meaning freedom from levity or madness. The names Convery and Hanbury, and their variants, have this same origin. Typically, the Irish surname Mac Ainmhire is anglicized as Convery, and the surname Ó hAinmhire, as Hanbury. 1

The name Hanbury also came to Ireland during the English settlements of the 17th century, and can be of English toponymic origin, from the place in Staffordshire.

Early Origins of the Hanbury family

The surname Hanbury was first found in Counties Galway, Clare, and Mayo (Irish: Maigh Eo) located on the West coast of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Connacht, where the name was recorded as Hanbury, Hambrock, and Hanborogh. The name also appears in County Armagh as O'Convery in the Heath Money Rolls of 1664.

Early History of the Hanbury family

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Hanbury Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Convery, Mac Convery, O'Convery, Hanbury, HanBerry, Hambery, Hambrock, Hanborogh and many more.

Early Notables of the Hanbury family

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Hanbury migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hanbury Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Hanbury, who settled in Boston in 1631
Daniell Hanbury, aged 29, who landed in New England in 1635 aboard the ship "Planter" 2
Peter Hanbury moved to Virginia in 1639
Peter Hanbury, who arrived in Virginia in 1639 2

Hanbury Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Hanbury, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1766 2
John Hanbury, who immigrated to Boston in 1766

Hanbury Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Catherine Hanbury, aged 36, who arrived in New York, NY in 1849 2
R. G. Hanbury, who landed in New York in 1878
Henry Hanbury, who arrived in thwa in 1884 2

Hanbury migration to Australia +

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

Hanbury Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Jospeph Hanbury, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for life, transported aboard the "Florentia" on 11th August 1830, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3
Mr. Edward Hanbury, British convict who was convicted in Clerkenwell, London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Cornwall" on 28th February 1851, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4

Hanbury migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 5

Hanbury Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Nicholas Hanbury, who arrived in Barbados in 1680

Contemporary Notables of the name Hanbury (post 1700) +

Harry Alfred Hanbury (1863-1940), American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Senate, 1895; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1901-03; Defeated, 1902 6
George W. Hanbury (d. 1933), American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Newington, 1927-33 6
William Hanbury (1725-1778), English Rector of Church Langton, Leicestershire, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire, son of William Hanbury of that place who afterwards removed to Foleshill 7
Sir James Hanbury (1782-1863), British lieutenant-general, second son of William Hanbury of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire
Benjamin Hanbury (1778-1864), English nonconformist historian, born at Wolverhampton on 13 May 1778, great-grandson of Joseph Williams of Kidderminster
Daniel Hanbury (1825-1875), English pharmacist, born in London on 11 Sept. 1825 where his parents, Daniel Bell and Rachel Hanbury, were well-known members of the Society of Friends
Major-General Sir John Hanbury -Williams GCVO KCB, CMG (1859-1946), British Major General in World War I
Victor Hanbury (1897-1954), British film director and producer, active from 1919 to 1954
Robert Hanbury (1798-1884), English senior partner in Truman Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co., son of Sampson Hanbury, and owner of Hanbury Manor
Sampson Hanbury (1769-1835), English owner of Poles, a manor house in Ware, Hertfordshire which was renamed Hanbury Manor
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

The Hanbury Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Pro fide, rege, et patria pugno
Motto Translation: I fight for faith, king and country.

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 11th October 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/florentia
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 11th March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/cornwall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020