Rivington History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Rivington family

The surname Rivington was first found in Lancashire 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 14th century near Bolton in that shire.

Early History of the Rivington family

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Rivington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rivington, Revington, Riffington, Rifington and others.

Early Notables of the Rivington family

Distinguished members of the family include

Charles Rivington (1688-1742), British publisher, eldest son of Thurston Rivington, was born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire...

Rivington migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rivington Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Rivington, who landed in New York in 1801-1802 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Rivington (post 1700) +

James Rivington (1724-1802), English-born American journalist
John Rivington (1720-1792), English publisher, the fourth son of Charles Rivington the Elder (1688–1742)
James Rivington (1805-1885), English publisher, third son of Charles Rivington the Younger (1754-1831)
Luke Rivington (1838-1899), English Roman Catholic priest and controversial writer
Francis Rivington (1745-1822), the eldest son of John Rivington
Charles Rivington Hopson (1744-1796), English medical writer, born probably in London, in 1744 2
Robert Rivington Pilkington (1870-1942), Irish immigrant to Western Australia in 1894 who sat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and later in the British House of Commons
Percy Rivington Pyne (1857-1929), American banker, financier, and philanthropist
H. Rivington Pyne (b. 1892), American politician, Delegate to New Jersey State Constitutional Convention from Somerset County, 1947 3
Rivington Bisland (1890-1973), American Major League Baseball player who played from 1912 to 1914

The Rivington Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Deum timete et regem favete
Motto Translation: Fear God, and the silent

Citations +

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)
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 4 August 2020
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html