Husson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of Irish families fled an Ireland that was forcibly held through by England through its imperialistic policies. A large portion of these families crossed the Atlantic to the shores of North America. The fate of these families depended on when they immigrated and the political allegiances they showed after they arrived. Settlers that arrived before the American War of Independence may have moved north to Canada at the war's conclusion as United Empire Loyalists. Such Loyalists were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Those that fought for the revolution occasionally gained the land that the fleeing Loyalist vacated. After this period, free land and an agrarian lifestyle were not so easy to come by in the East. So when seemingly innumerable Irish immigrants arrived during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s, free land for all was out of the question. These settlers were instead put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Whenever they came, Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Husson or a variant listed above, including:

Husson Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Balthasar Husson, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1739 3

Husson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• James Husson, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 3
• Joseph Husson, who arrived in New York in 1819 3

Husson Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Mr. George Husson, (Mudge), English convict who was convicted in Plymouth, Devon, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "David Clarke" on 3rd June 1841, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4

• Pierre Antoine Husson, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
• Brigadier-General Paul-Louis Husson (1878-1963), French Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa (1940) 6
• Brigadier-General Edmond-Edouard Husson (1883-1973), French Chief of Staff, Colonial Troops in France (1938) 7
• Charles Claude Husson (1837-1915), influential French bow maker
• Thérèse-Adèle Husson (1803-1831), French novelist
• Honoré Jean Aristide Husson (1803-1864), French academic sculptor
• Marcel Husson (b. 1937), retired French football defender