Holdren History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Holdren family

Early History of the Holdren family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Holdren research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1600 and 1720 are included under the topic Early Holdren History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Holdren Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Holdren family name include Holditch, Holdich, Holdrich, Holdridge, Hilditch and many more.

Early Notables of the Holdren family

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Holdren Ranking

In the United States, the name Holdren is the 11,692^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Holdren family

For 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 Holdren surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Richard Holdick who settled in Virginia in 1650; J. and H. Holdridge settled in Philadelphia in 1822.