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![Show Contents]() Heymer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Heymer is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the village of Hamer in the parish of Rochdale in the county of Lancashire. 1 The name may have been an occupational name "for a maker or seller of hammers, from the Old English hamor." 2 "Hamer may have been an old Saxon forename; for there is in co. Lincoln a place called Hameringham; i. e., Home of Hamer's son. One of the German names of Thor was Hamar. Hamerton, Hamer's, Thor's, or Hammer town." 3 Early Origins of the Heymer familyThe surname Heymer was first found in Lancashire where the first record of the family was John of the Hamore who was listed there in the Assize Rolls of 1401. However, while this entry is regarded as the starting point for the family, there was another entry, that of Richard Hamer who was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1296. 2 Early History of the Heymer familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heymer research. Another 114 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1426, 1572, 1574, 1590, 1597 and 1610 are included under the topic Early Heymer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Heymer 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 Heymer family name include Hamer, Heymer and others. Early Notables of the Heymer familyMore information is included under the topic Early Heymer Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Heymer 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 Heymer surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Percy and Raphe Hamer settled in Virginia in 1626; Frederick, Henry, Jacob, James, Richard and Samuel Hamer, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860..
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Dixon, Bernard Homer, Surnames. London: John Wilson and son, 1857. Print
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