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Origins Available:
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A Boernician family in ancient Scotland were the ancestors of those who first used the name Humes. They lived in Berwickshire. They held the barony of Home from very early times and possibly predate the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Home family is part of a noble lineage descending from the Earls of Dunbar, and the family of the Earl of Northumberland, the great Gospatrick, a descendent of the Kings of Bernicia. They first appear in the records in 1268, when William of Home appeared on a charter. They next appear (as so many of the prominent Scottish families do) in 1296, when Geffrai de Home of Lanarkshire swore an oath of allegiance (in the Ragman Rolls) to King Edward I of England after that king's brief conquest of Scotland.

Early Origins of the Humes family

The surname Humes was first found in Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland. They held the barony of Home from very early times, and possibly predate the Norman Conquest in 1066. There were many branches of the Humes family including the Homes of Cowdenknowes, the Homes of Wedderburn, the Homes of Manderston, the Homes of Renton, the Homes of Kames, and the Homes of Blackadder.

Early History of the Humes family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Humes research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1456, 1468, 1506, 1560, 1569, 1604, 1609, 1641, 1645, 1648, 1671, 1696, 1698, 1702, 1724, 1797 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Humes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Humes Spelling Variations

Spelling variations occur frequently in Scottish names that date from the medieval era. They result from a general lack of grammatical rules and the tendency to spell names according to sound. Humes has been spelled Humes, Hum, Humme, Humm, Homes and others.

Early Notables of the Humes family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Sir Alexander Home or Hume (d. 1456), of Home, Warden of the Marches, the eldest son of Sir Alexander Home of Dunglass 1; Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home (c.1468-1506), a Scottish nobleman and soldier, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and Warden of the Eastern March; Alexander Hume (c.1560-c.1609), Scottish poet; Tobias Hume (c.1569-1645), a Scottish composer, viol player and...
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Humes Ranking

In the United States, the name Humes is the 3,879^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Humes family to Ireland

Some of the Humes family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Humes migration to the United States +

In the 20th century, the ancestors of many of those Boernician-Scottish people still populate North America. They distributed themselves on either side of the border at the time of the War of Independence. United Empire Loyalists went north to Canada and those who wanted a new nation stayed south. Both groups went on to found great nations. Some of the first North American settlers with Humes name or one of its variants:

Humes Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Elizabeth Humes, who settled in Virginia in 1682

Humes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Archibald Humes, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1806
Michael Humes, aged 30, who arrived in Missouri in 1840 3
Thomas Humes, aged 28, who landed in Missouri in 1840 3
John Humes, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 3

Humes migration to Australia +

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

Humes Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Michael Humes, English convict from Durham, who was transported aboard the "Anson" on September 23, 1843, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Humes (post 1700) +

William Young Conn Humes (1830-1883), American educator, lawyer, and Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War
Mary-Margaret Humes (b. 1954), American actress, best known for her starring role as Gail Leery in Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003
Edward Humes, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and non-fiction writer
Cedric Akeem Humes (b. 1983), American NFL football running back
Thomas William Humes (1815-1892), American clergyman and educator
Harold Louis "Doc" Humes Jr. (1926-1992), American author who founded The Paris Review literary magazine
Helen Humes (1913-1981), American jazz and blues singer
Homer J. Humes, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 50th District, 1883-86; Defeated, 1886 5
Edwin L. Humes, American politician, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1913-18, 1919-20 5
E. T. Humes, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936 5
... (Another 11 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Anson voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1843 with 499 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/anson/1843
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 5) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html