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Early Origins of the Huning family

The surname Huning was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Huning family

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Huning Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Huning has been recorded under many different variations, including Honing, Huning, Homing, Hoeming, Honying, Honyng, Hunyng, Honings, Hunings, Hunnings, Honnings, Honning and many more.

Early Notables of the Huning family

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United States Huning migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Huning or a variant listed above:

Huning Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joh Bernh Huning, who landed in America in 1845 1
  • Franz Huning, aged 21, who landed in Missouri in 1848 1
  • Heinr Franz Sylvester Huning, who arrived in America in 1850 1


  1. 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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