Ryburn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Ryburn family

The surname Ryburn was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Ryburn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ryburn research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1300, 1331, 1468 and 1544 are included under the topic Early Ryburn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ryburn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ryburn, Raeburn, Rayburn, Reburn, Reyburn and others.

Early Notables of the Ryburn family

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Ryburn migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ryburn Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Ryburn, who landed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1820 1

Ryburn migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Ryburn Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Robert Ryburn, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Spray of the Ocean" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 1st September 1859 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Ryburn (post 1700) +

Aaron Ryburn, American production assistant, known for his work on This Christmas (2009)
Hubert James Ryburn (1897-1988), New Zealand Presbyterian minister and academic, Chancellor of the University of Otago (1955-1970)
Ryburn D. Clay, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944 (speaker) 3

The Ryburn 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: Robur in Deo
Motto Translation: God is our strength.

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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html