| ![Show Contents]() Harriman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Harriman came from Herman or Hermannus. 1 The names are really the same; it was a common practice for scribes to record a given name in the Latin style, where us is the masculine suffix. The personal name meant warrior having derived from the Old French word hermant, or from the Old German words hariman or hereman, all of which meant "warrior." 1 This name came to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest in 1066. However, not all of the family moved to England as Ralph, William, Richard and Hugh Herman were all listed in Normandy in 1180. 2 Early Origins of the Harriman familyThe surname Harriman was first found in Norfolk where Willelmus Harmannus, who was listed in 1208 in the St. Benet of Holme (1020-1240), and is generally considered to be the first record of the name. Another branch was found in Sussex where William de Hermer was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of Sussex in 1207. Simone Haremere was listed in the Subsidy Rolls in Sussex in 1296, and later, William Harmere was listed in 1428. 1 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 had two listings using older spellings: Nicholas Herman in Suffolk; and Cecilia Hereman in Huntingdonshire. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list Thomas Herman and Ricardus Harman as residing there at that time. 3 Haremere Hall near Etchingham, East Sussex was home to this branch since the 12th century. By the 1600's the hall had fallen from their hands and was held by James Temple, one of the judges at the trial of King Charles I. Today it is now a Grade I listed Jacobean building and is still held in private hands. Early History of the Harriman familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Harriman research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1101, 1440, 1480, 1535, 1547, 1549, 1567, 1621, 1640, 1646 and 1673 are included under the topic Early Harriman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Harriman Spelling VariationsThe English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Harriman has been recorded under many different variations, including Harman, Harmon, Harriman, Herman, Hernon, Hermanson, Harnum and many more. Early Notables of the Harriman familyDistinguished members of the family include William Horman (c. 1440-1535), headmaster at Eton and Winchester, best known for his Latin grammar textbook the Vulgaria. He was born at Salisbury, and educated partly at Winchester. 4Thomas Harman (fl. 1567), was an English writer on beggars, grandson of Henry Harman, clerk of the crown under Henry VII, who obtained about 1480 the estates of Ellam and Maystreet in Kent. Thomas's father, William Harman, added to these estates the manor of Mayton or Maxton in the same county. As his father's heir, Thomas inherited all this...
Another 92 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Harriman Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Harriman RankingIn the United States, the name Harriman is the 5,061st most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 5  Migration of the Harriman family to Ireland
Some of the Harriman family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 44 words (3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Harriman or a variant listed above:
Harriman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Leonard Harriman, who landed in Rowley, Massachusetts in 1647 6
- John Harriman, who landed in New England in 1667 6
Harriman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Thomas Harriman, aged 50, who arrived in New York in 1812 6
| Harriman migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Harriman Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- William Harriman, aged 44, a labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "Nugget" 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Harriman (post 1700) | + |
- Florence Jaffray "Daisy" Harriman (1870-1967), American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and diplomat
- Edward Henry "Ned" Harriman (1848-1909), American railroad executive
- Brigadier-General Joseph Eugene Harriman (1900-1963), American Military Attaché to Turkey (1945-1946) 8
- William Averell Harriman (1891-1986), American Democratic Party politician, businessman, and diplomat, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- John Harriman (1760-1831), English botanist, born in 1760 at Maryport, Cumberland, of a family of German extraction named Hermann 9
- Pamela Beryl Harriman (1920-1997), née Digby, English-born socialite
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- 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)
- South Australian Register. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Nugget 1858. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/nugget1858.shtml
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, March 9) Joseph Harriman. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Harriman/Joseph_Eugene/USA.html
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
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