Hawtey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Hawtey is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of the Britain and comes from the ancient personal name Auty.

Early Origins of the Hawtey family

The surname Hawtey was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Hawtey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hawtey research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1381, 1397, 1399, 1596 and 1784 are included under the topic Early Hawtey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hawtey Spelling Variations

The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Hawtey has been spelled many different ways, including Auty, Autie, Autee, Awty, Awtee, Awtie and others.

Early Notables of the Hawtey family

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Hawtey migration to the United States +

Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Hawteys to arrive in North America:

Hawtey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Hawtey, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1856 1

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)