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Hearne History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Ireland United States Australia New Zealand West Indies

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Hearne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The distinguished English surname Hearne comes from several different origins. Firstly, it is derived from the Old English "hyrne," meaning "nook, corner;" in this instance, the name would have been originally borne by someone who lived in a corner residence.

Alternatively, the name may be derived from a place name; there is a town called Herne in Kent and a Hirn in Hampshire, and the progenitor of the name may have hailed from one of these towns. Finally, the name may be a variant of the surname Heron.

Early Origins of the Hearne family

The surname Hearne was first found in Dorset at Hurn, village and civil parish that dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was listed as Herne. 1

Literally the place name means "place at the angle or corner of land," from the Old English word "hyrne." 2

Holbeach Hurn is a small fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire and Hurn is a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Christchurch, Ringwood in the county of Southampton. 3

The first record of the family was found in Hampshire where Gunnora de la Hurn was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for 1212. Later Walter Atehurne was registered in the Assize Rolls for Somerset in 1267 and later again, Henry en le Hurne was registered in the Hundredorum Rolls for Berkshire in 1279. 4

In Oxfordshire Ralph in pe Hurne was registered there in 1279 and later, William del Herne was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1327. 4

Early History of the Hearne family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hearne research. Another 107 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1212, 1267, 1279, 1327, 1524, 1610, 1611, 1620, 1644, 1670, 1678, 1710, 1711, 1722, 1735 and 1760 are included under the topic Early Hearne History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hearne Spelling Variations

The 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. Hearne has been recorded under many different variations, including Hern, Herne, Hearn, Hearne, Hurn, Hurne, Harn and others.

Early Notables of the Hearne family

Notables of the family at this time include

Thomas Hearne or Hearn (1678-1735), was an English antiquary from Berkshire. He was the son of George Hearne, parish clerk from 1670 of White Waltham in Berkshire, and Edith, his wife, daughter of Tho...
Erasmus Hearne (c.1760), was a well-known English writer

Hearne Ranking

In the United States, the name Hearne is the 5,821^st most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 5

Migration of the Hearne family to Ireland

Some of the Hearne family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 54 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hearne migration to the United States +

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 Hearne or a variant listed above:

Hearne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Hearne, who landed in Virginia in 1636 6
Thomas Hearne, who landed in Virginia in 1639 6
Robert Hearne, who arrived in Virginia in 1652 6

Hearne Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J S Hearne, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 6

Hearne Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mr. George Hearne, (b. 1877), aged 23, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "St Louis" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 29th April 1900 en route to Ishpeming, Michigan, USA 7
Mr. Charles Hearne, (b. 1894), aged 11, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "St Louis" arriving at Ellis Island, New York in 1905 en route to New York, USA 7
Mrs. Edith Hearne, (b. 1875), aged 30, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "St Louis" arriving at Ellis Island, New York in 1905 en route to New York, USA 7
Mr. Edward Hearne, (b. 1900), aged 5, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "St Louis" arriving at Ellis Island, New York in 1905 en route to New York, USA 7

Hearne migration to Australia +

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

Hearne Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Hearne, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Baring" in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 8
Mr. Joseph Hearne, (b. 1796), aged 19, English errand boy who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the "Baring" in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died 1861 8
Benjamin Hearne, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Almorah" on April 1817, settling in New South Wales, Australia 9
Mr. Joseph Hearne, English convict who was convicted in Somerset, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Bardaster" on 7th September 1835, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 10
Elizabeth Hearne, aged 20, a housemaid, who arrived in South Australia in 1850 aboard the ship "Sultana" 11
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Hearne 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:

Hearne Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss M. A. Hearne, British settler travelling from London, UK aboard the ship "Aorangi" en route to Wellington, New Zealand on 23rd July 1892 12

Hearne 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. 13

Hearne Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Thomas Hearne, who settled in Barbados in 1671

Contemporary Notables of the name Hearne (post 1700) +

William L. Hearne, American politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Ohio County, 1877 14
Thor Hearne (b. 1961), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2004 14
R. D. Hearne, American politician, Mayor of Gilbert, Arizona, 1947-49 14
Mark F. Hearne, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1988; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2008 14
Lydia Cromwell Hearne, American Republican politician, Physician; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1924 14
Julian G. Hearne, American Republican politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Ohio County, 1907-10; Member of West Virginia State Senate 1st District, 1911-14; Defeated, 1934 14
Gary D. Hearne, American politician, Representative from California, 1996, 1998, 2000 14
Claude Hearne, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956 14
Eddie Hearne (1887-1955), American racecar driver from Kansas City
George Gibbons Hearne (1856-1932), English first-class cricketer for Kent between 1875 and 1895
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Hearne family +

Senghenydd colliery

Mr. Thomas Hearne (b. 1871), Welsh coal miner from Senghenydd, Caerphilly, Wales who was working at the Senghenydd colliery when there was an explosion on the 14th October 1913; he died

Citations +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/baring
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Almorah voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1817 with 180 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/almorah/1817
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bardaster
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SULTANA 1850. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1850Sultana.htm
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html