Salthouse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The ancestors of the Salthouse family migrated to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The surname Salthouse is for a person who worked at a saltworks. Such structures where salt was purified were known as salthouses. 1 2

Early Origins of the Salthouse family

The surname Salthouse was first found in Norfolk at Salthouse, a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of Holt. "The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a lofty square embattled tower, formerly surmounted by a spire; the foundation of a second church may still be traced in the burial-ground." 3

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists this place as Saltus 4 and literally the place name meant "building for storing salt," from the Old English "salt" + "hus." 5

Shortly after the Conquest, Salthouse was occupied by William d'Ecouis who held it from Earl William de Warren. 4

Two sources note that the first on record was Adam de Salthus who held lands here according to the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 6 1

Later, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Simon del Southouse, souter. 6

"Salthouse is a name now mostly confined to Lancashire. De Salthus was a Norfolk name in the 13th century; there is a parish of Salthouse in that county, and De Salthouse was a common clerical name in that county in the 14th century (Blomefield's "Norfolk"). Salthouse is a Norfolk parish." 2

Two other sources agree: "two small places, a Salthouse in Lytham, and a Salthouse in Furness, where salt was obtained from sea-water, have originated two families of Salthouse in North Lancashire." 6 1

The Lancashire Wills at Richmond includes: Janet Saltehowse, of Pulton. 1562; Agnes Saltus, of Ulverston, 1596; John Salthouse, of Saltcoathouses, 1661; and William Saltus, of Banke, 1662.

Early History of the Salthouse family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Salthouse research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1630, 1652, 1657, 1665, 1681 and 1691 are included under the topic Early Salthouse History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Salthouse Spelling Variations

Before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Sound was what guided spelling in the Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Salthouse family name include Salthouse, Saltehouse, Salthose and others.

Early Notables of the Salthouse family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

Thomas Salthouse (1630-1691), English Quaker, born in Lancashire in 1630, probably at Dragley Beck, an outlying district in Ulverston parish, about half a mile from Swarthmoor Hall...
After a scanty education, Salthouse was employed as land steward by Judge Thomas Fell at Swarthmoor Hall and was converted to Quakerism, with the other inmates of the house, on George Fox's first visi...

Salthouse migration to the United States +

To escape the political and religious chaos of this era, thousands of English families began to migrate to the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. The passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe; however, those who made the voyage safely were encountered opportunities that were not available to them in their homeland. Many of the families that reached the New World at this time went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of the United States and Canada. Research into various historical records has revealed some of first members of the Salthouse family to immigrate North America:

Salthouse Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Salthouse who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1683

Salthouse Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Salthouse, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1838

Salthouse migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7

Salthouse Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Thomas Salthouse, who settled in Barbados in 1685

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies