| ![Show Contents]() Higinbothom History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Higinbothom is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived at Higginbottom in the neighbourhood of Marple and Macclesfield, in East Cheshire. 1 Another source postulates that Oakenbottom in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire was the the original homestead of the family and that it was "probably influenced by the dialect word hickin or higgin, the mountain ash." 2 Early Origins of the Higinbothom familyThe surname Higinbothom was first found in Lancashire where Alexander de Akinbothun was recorded in the Assize Rolls for 1246. 2 As a very rare name, the next entry for the family was over 300 hundred years later in the Prestbury Church, Cheshire where John Hyggynbothom was listed in 1563. The source Earwaker's East Cheshire included an entry for Nicholas Hichinbothome, of Marple gentleman in 1579 and the Lancashire, and Cheshire Record Society notes Alice Higginbotham, of Marple, 1595. 1 Early History of the Higinbothom familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Higinbothom research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1762 and 1844 are included under the topic Early Higinbothom History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Higinbothom 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 Higinbothom family name include Higginbottom, Higginbotham, Hickenbottom, Hickinbottom, Higgenbottom, Higginbothem, Higinbotham, Higinbothem and many more. Early Notables of the Higinbothom familyNotables of the family at this time include Abel Joshua Higginbotham, English stowaway who was ejected from a ship at Madras port after he was discovered on board. After a brief internship working as a librarian for a Weslyan Book...
Another 40 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Higinbothom Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Higinbothom 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 Higinbothom surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Higginbotham settled with his wife and servants in Barbados in 1680; Richard Higginbottom settled in Virginia in 1726; Thomas Higginbottom settled in New England in 1774.
- 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)
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