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Early Origins of the Home family

The surname Home was first found in the East Anglian county of Norfolk where Robert del Houme was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1222. In Worcester, Alan de Hone was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls for 1275, and a few years later, Henry and William Home were found in the Hundredorum Rolls for Oxfordshire in 1279. Walter of the home and John atte Home were both listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Worcester in 1327. 1

The Hundredorum Rolls also included Goscelin de Holme, Suffolk and John in le Holmp (sic), Cambridgeshire. 2

Further north, in the historic county of Yorkshire, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Thomas del Holme; Adam del Holme; and Johannes del Holme. 2

"A holme is defined by Halliwell as 'flat land; a small island; a deposit of soil at the confluence of two waters. Flat grounds near water are called holms.' 3

Early History of the Home family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Home research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1490, 1506, 1516, 1549, 1566, 1575, 1615, 1619, 1633, 1666, 1671, 1674, 1687, 1698, 1706, 1797 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Home History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Home Spelling Variations

Although the name, Home, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Home, Hume, Humes and others.

Early Notables of the Home family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

Alexander Home, 1st Lord Home (d. 1490)
Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home (d. 1506)
Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home (d. 1516)
George Home, 4th Lord Home (d. 1549)
Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home (d. 1575)
Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home (c. 1566-1619)
James Home, 2nd Earl of Home (d. 1633)
James Home, 3rd Earl of Home (c. 1615-1666)
Alexander Home, 4th Earl of Home (d. 1674)
James Home, 5th Earl of Home (d. 1687)
Charles Home, 6th Earl of Home (d. 1706)
Sir John Home of Renton, Lord Renton (d. 1671), Lord Justice Clerk by King Charles II

Migration of the Home family to Ireland

Some of the Home family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 89 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Home migration to the United States +

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Home family name Home, or who bore a variation of the surname were

Home Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Home, aged 25, who arrived in Virginia in 1621 aboard the ship "Margaret & John" 4
Richard Home, who arrived in Virginia in 1623 4
Henry Home, who landed in Virginia in 1623 4
John Home, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 4
John Home, aged 21, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 4
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Home Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Catherine Home, who landed in Virginia in 1700 4
Solomon Home, who landed in Virginia in 1700 4
James Home, who arrived in Virginia in 1701-1702 4
Johan Home, who arrived in New York, NY in 1710-1714 4
Caspar Home, who arrived in New York, NY in 1710 4
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Home Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Simon Home, aged 31, who arrived in New York in 1812 4
Charles J Home, aged 25, who arrived in New York in 1830 4
William Home, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1837
William and Robert Home, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1837 and 1868 respectively
John I Home, who landed in Mississippi in 1840 4
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Home Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

George Home, who landed in Arkansas in 1906 4

Home migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Home Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Home, English convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for life, transported aboard the "Dromedary" on 11th September 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 5
John Home, aged 28, who arrived in South Australia in 1853 aboard the ship "Olivia" 6
Elizabeth Home, aged 19, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Lady Macdonald" 7

Home migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Home Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Isaac Home, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Lizzie Southard" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 24th June 1865 8

Home migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 9

Home Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Rich Home, aged 22, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Home (post 1700) +

Sir David George Home (b. 1904), 13th Baronet of Blackadder
Gerald Home (1950-2021), British actor best known for playing Tessek-Squid Head and the Mon Calamari Officer Captain Verrack in Return of the Jedi
David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas- Home (b. 1943), 15th Earl of Home, Scottish peer
Charles Alexander Douglas- Home (1834-1918), 12th Earl of Home, Scottish peer, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (1879-1880), Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire (1890-1915)
Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas- Home (1873-1951), 13th Earl of Home, Scottish peer, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (1930-1951)
Cospatrick Alexander Home (1799-1881), 11th Earl of Home, Scottish peer, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1828-1830)
Alexander Home (1769-1841), 10th Earl of Home, Scottish peer
Alexander Home (b. 1786), 9th Earl of Home, Scottish peer
Lieutenant General William William Home (1681-1761), 8th Earl of Home British Governor of Gibraltar (1757-1761)
Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886), Scottish physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Home family +

HMS Prince of Wales

Mr. William Home, British Leading Seaman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 10

RMS Lusitania

Mr. Thomas Home, Canadian 1st Class Passenger from Welland, Ontario, Canada, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and survived the sinking 11

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/dromedary
South Australian Register Tuesday 15 November 1853. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Olivia 1857. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/olivia1853.shtml
South Australian Register Monday 9th April 1855. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Lady Macdonald 1855. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/ladymacdonald1855.shtml
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/