Aborn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Aborn family

Early History of the Aborn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Aborn research. Another 171 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1188, 1190, 1510, 1600, 1612 and 1628 are included under the topic Early Aborn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Aborn Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Dabernon, Darbernum, Dabernoun, Daberon, Daborne, d'Arborn, Arborn, Arbon, Arboune, Arbouin, Arbernus, Abborne, Aborn, Aborne, Abourne, Aberon and many more.

Early Notables of the Aborn family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

• Robert Daborne (d. 1628), an English dramatist and divine, states in the preface to ‘A Christian turn'd Turke,’ 1612, that his descent was ‘not obscure but generous,’ and it is probable that he belong...

Migration of the Aborn family

Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Aborn name or one of its variants: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..