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![Show Contents]() Hertswick History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Hertswick familyThe surname Hertswick was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held a family seat in that shire. Early History of the Hertswick familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hertswick research. Another 152 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1077, 1085, 1086, 1173, 1180, 1189, 1338, 1339, 1415, 1430, 1431, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1535, 1570, 1588, 1600 and 1603 are included under the topic Early Hertswick History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hertswick Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Hertswick family name include Erdswick, Eardswick, Earedeswick, Herdeswick, Herdswick, Eyrdswick, Eardswick, Erdswich, Eeardswich, Erdswike and many more. Early Notables of the Hertswick familyDistinguished members of the family include Sampson Erdeswicke (d. 1603), English historian of Staffordshire, was descended from a family which could trace its ancestry from Richard de Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook, 20 William I (1085-1086.) "Originally seated at Erdeswicke Hall in Minshull Vernon, Cheshire, the Erdeswickes, after the alienation...
Another 48 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hertswick Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Hertswick familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Hertswick surname or a spelling variation of the name include: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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