| ![Show Contents]() Pinn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Pinn is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived in the county of Devon and Cornwall. Pinn is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. In this case the original bearers of the surname Pinn were known as the dwellers by the pine trees. [1] Alternatively the name could have been "a nickname for a tall, upright man." [2] "Combepyne and Upton Pyne (Devon) were held in the 13th century by a family of de Pyn who may have come from Le Pin (Calvados) or some other French place named from a prominent pine." [2] Another source confirms the Devon branch and also postulates that the name was originally Norman: "Durand, William de Pinu, [were found in] Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). This family was long seated in Devon." [3] More digging about Upton Pyne found this entry: "Pynes, in Upton Pyne, the present seat of the Northcote family (who were at Northcote in East Downe as early as the year 1103), came to them by the marriage of Sir Henry Northcote, the fifth Baronet, with the heiress of Stafford." [4] Unfortunately for this source, Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet (1710-1743) was a much later, so we must presume that the entry meant that the Pyne family were in "East Downe as early as the year 1103." Early Origins of the Pinn familyThe surname Pinn was first found in the 12th century where Bonde Pine was found in Northumberland, 1101-1107 and Robert Pine was listed in Shropshire in 1181. A few years later, Robert Pin was found in the Curia Regis Rolls for Northumberland in 1208 and William Pin was found in the Assize Rolls for Shropshire in 1221. Over in Sussex, Henry le Pyn was listed there in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1332. In Leicestershire, Morin de Pin was found in the Pipe Rolls of 1130 and in Devon, Alexander de Pinu was listed there in the Pipe Rolls of 1169. Thomas de Pyne was found in Somerset, according to the Assize Rolls of Somerset and later, John atte Pyne was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Cheshire in 1327. [2] Early History of the Pinn familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pinn research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1603, 1625, 1644, 1653, 1677, 1679, 1690, 1695, 1709, 1732 and 1756 are included under the topic Early Pinn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pinn Spelling VariationsThe first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Pinn has been spelled many different ways, including Pyne, Pine and others. Early Notables of the Pinn familyNotables of the family at this time include Valentine Pyne (1603-1677), English master-gunner of England, the second son of George Pyne of Curry-Mallet, Somerset; John Pyne (died 1679), an English politician...
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Some of the Pinn family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 30 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Pinns to arrive in North America:
Pinn Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Robert Pinn, who landed in Virginia in 1649 [5]
- Charles Pinn, who landed in Maryland in 1669 [5]
Pinn Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Jose M Pinn, aged 40, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1845 [5]
- Henry Pinn, aged 35, who settled in America, in 1894
- S. Pinn, aged 25, who landed in America, in 1895
- Thomas Pinn, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States from London, in 1899
Pinn Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- John Pinn, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from Plymouth, England, in 1910
- William H. Pinn, aged 63, who settled in America, in 1912
- Mary Elizabeth Pinn, aged 35, who settled in America from Newton Abbot, England, in 1916
- Philip H Pinn, aged 53, who immigrated to the United States, in 1922
- Phillip W. Pinn, aged 53, who landed in America, in 1922
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Pinn (post 1700) | + |
- Robert A. Pinn (1843-1911), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, recipient the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm
- Anthony B. Pinn, American Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University
- John Pinn, Australian geophysicist at Mawson Station, Antarctica in 1957, eponym of Pinn Island
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
- Worth, R.N., A History of Devonshire London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G., 1895. Digital
- 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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