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Heyburn was first used as a surname by the descendents of the Boernician clans of Scotland. The Heyburn family lived in Durham but moved northward in 1329 to Chillingham in Northumberland, where they lived in the village of Hebburn in the parish of Chillingham. 1

Early Origins of the Heyburn family

The surname Heyburn was first found in Northumberland. Thomas de Heburn was on record in the Assize Rolls for that county in 1279. 2

They prospered here from 1271 until the 18th century, when the family line ended with an heiress. Adam de Hepburn (de Hylburne) was the first of the line. 3

One version of the tale goes that Hepburn was a prisoner of the Earl of March, who freed him and granted him lands for 'good and faithful service' after he saved the Earl's life from a feral (wild) horse. These lands were in East Lothian and the family spent the next several centuries aggressively acquiring new lands. 3

Early History of the Heyburn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heyburn research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1432, 1467, 1479, 1483, 1497, 1508, 1512, 1513, 1522, 1536, 1556, 1563, 1568, 1578, 1598, 1612, 1636, 1637 and 1672 are included under the topic Early Heyburn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Heyburn Spelling Variations

Scribes in the Middle Ages simply spelled according to sound. The result is an enormous number of spelling variations among names that evolved in that era. Heyburn has been spelled Heighborne, Haybourne, Haybourn, Haybirn, Haybyrne, Heighburn, Heighbyrne, Heighbirn, Hepboyrne, Hepbirn, Hepbyrne, Hepburn, Heighbourne, Heyburn, Hebborne, Hebbourne, Hebbirn, Hebbyrne, Hebboorne and many more.

Early Notables of the Heyburn family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes (c. 1432-1479), Sheriff of Berwickshire (1467); Sir Patrick Hepburn of Dunsyre, 1st Lord Hailes (died 1483) was the feudal lord of Hailes and its castle in Haddingtonshire and a Lord of Parliament; Patrick Hepburn, Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Lord Hailes and 1st Earl of Bothwell (died 1508), Lord High Admiral of Scotland. He was the eldest son of Adam, second lord Hailes, and Helen, eldest daughter of Alexander, first lord Home. 4 Patrick Hepburn third Earl of Bothwell (1512?-1556), was the only son of Adam, second earl of...
Another 210 words (15 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Heyburn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ireland Migration of the Heyburn family to Ireland

Some of the Heyburn family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 31 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Heyburn family

Most of the Boernician-Scottish families who came to North America settled on the eastern seaboard of what would become the United States and Canada. Families who wanted a new order stayed south in the War of Independence, while those who were still loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. In the 20th century, the ancestors of these families have gone on to rediscover their heritage through Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Heyburn or a variant listed above: George, Anne, Rebecca, and Anna Hepborne, who all arrived in Boston in 1635; Thomas Hepburn, who settled in Baltimore in 1792; and Francis Hepbourne settled in Maryland in 1769..

Contemporary Notables of the name Heyburn (post 1700) +

  • Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912), American Senator from Idaho (1903– 1912), eponym of the city of Heyburn, Heyburn State Park and Mount Heyburn, all in Idaho
  • Weldon Heyburn (1910-1951), American character actor
  • John G. Heyburn II, American federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  • William Heyburn, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928 5
  • Weldon Brinton Heyburn (b. 1903), American politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 9th District, 1937-48; Pennsylvania State Auditor General, 1949-53; Pennsylvania State Treasurer, 1953-57 5
  • Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912), American Republican politician, U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; Member of Republican National Committee from Idaho, 1904 5
  • Robert Heyburn, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from New York County 5th District, 1935 5
  • Henry Rueter Heyburn (1920-1991), American politician, Member of Kentucky State House of Representatives 5
  • George E. Heyburn, American politician, Member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from Delaware County, 1893-94 5
  1. Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
  2. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  3. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  4. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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