| ![Show Contents]() Haston History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Haston familyThe surname Haston was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Hastang. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands. Early History of the Haston familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Haston research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1311, 1485 and 1558 are included under the topic Early Haston History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Haston Spelling VariationsAnglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Hastang, Hastange, Hastan and others. Early Notables of the Haston familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was - Hugh Haston (also spelled Aston, Asseton, Assheton, Ashton) (c. 1485-1558), an English composer and politician...
Haston RankingIn the United States, the name Haston is the 17,320th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2
 Haston migration to Canada | + |
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Haston or a variant listed above were: Haston Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Etiennette Haston, who landed in Montreal in 1659
| Contemporary Notables of the name Haston (post 1700) | + |
- Kirk Haston (b. 1979), American former professional basketball player
- Ernest N. Haston, American Democratic Party politician, Tennessee Democratic State Chair, 1923-25 3
- Paul Haston, English-born, Canadian writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Louise Haston (b. 1980), Scottish two-time silver medalist Paralympic tandem cyclist
- James "Jock" Ritchie Haston (1913-1986), British Trotskyist politician and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Great Britain
- Dougal Haston (1940-1977), Scottish mountaineer who died in an avalanche while skiing above Leysin, Switzerland, the first to conquer Mount Everest by the south-west face
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Haston migration to Canada 
