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Early Origins of the Huggin family

The surname Huggin was first found in the Domesday Book of 1086 where Hugens was listed as a surname and Hugh, Hugo and Hugolin were listed as personal names. 1

Like its Scottish counterpart, the name is a diminutive of "Hugh" as in "son of Hugh." 2 This in turn, translates in Latin to "Hugo." 3

Somerset with its rolling hills and flat plains in South West England is where we find the first entry for the surname in its Latin form: Reginaldus filius Hugin. At about the same time in Huntingdonshire, the first entry as a personal name was found: Hugun filius Ricardi c. 1250. Hugyn (with no first name) was recorded in the Assize Rolls of Lancashire in 1246 and John Hugyn was entered in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1327, and later again in the Feet of Fines for Staffordshire in 1337. 4

Back in Somerset, Richards Hugons was listed there in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327. In Worcestershire, William Hugyns and Amisia Hugines were both listed in the Subsidy Rolls for 1327. 4

The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included: Willelmus Hugune, Hugo Hugune et Alicia uxor ejus, and Ricardus Hugune et Petronilla uxor ejus. 5

Early History of the Huggin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Huggin research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1332, 1432, 1521, 1555, 1559, 1561, 1571, 1586, 1600, 1650, 1696, 1707, 1712, 1716, 1719, 1722, 1761 and 1790 are included under the topic Early Huggin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Huggin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Huggins, Huggan, Hugan, Huckings, Huckins, Huggin and others.

Early Notables of the Huggin family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • Thomas Hogan, Huggen or Huggins (c. 1521-1586), of East Bradenham, Norfolk, an English politician, Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1555, for King's Lynn in 1559, and for Thetford in 1571
  • William Huggins (1696-1761), was a translator of Ariosto, son of John Huggins, warden of the Fleet prison, was born in 1696, matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, 16 August 1712, proceeded B.A. 17...


United States Huggin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Huggin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • George Huggin, who arrived in North Carolina in 1701-1702 6


  1. Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
  2. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  3. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  4. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  5. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  6. 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)


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