Houlditch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Houlditch family

Early History of the Houlditch family

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

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

Early Notables of the Houlditch family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

• Richard Houlditch, English director of the South Sea Company who purchased Chilworth Manor, Surrey in the late 1600s, but after losses involved with the 1720 South Sea Bubble, he was forced to sell th...

Migration of the Houlditch 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 Houlditch 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.