| ![Show Contents]() Adrain History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Adrain is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the region of Adria. "This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adrian.' The form Adrain is an old one." 1 Early Origins of the Adrain familyThe surname Adrain was first found in Middlesex, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Pope Adrian IV (d. 1159), was "the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter. His early history is obscure. His name is said to have been Nicholas Breakspear." 2 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list John Adrien as holding lands in Suffolk at that time and the Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London list John Adrian as Sheriff of London in 1258. 1 Early History of the Adrain familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Adrain research. Another 129 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1232, 1250, 1258, 1277, 1295, 1565, 1775 and 1889 are included under the topic Early Adrain History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Adrain Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Adrain family name include Adrian, Adrien, Adrain, Awdryan, Adriance and others. Early Notables of the Adrain familyMore information is included under the topic Early Adrain Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Adrain family to Ireland
Some of the Adrain family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 79 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Adrain familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Adrain surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Christian Adrian, who sailed to Philadelphia in 1752; Sybriant Adrian to New York in 1759; P. Adrian to Baltimore in 1820; and L. Adriance to San Francisco in 1850..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Adrain (post 1700) | + |
- Robert Adrain, American politician, Member of New Jersey State Senate from Middlesex County, 1889-94 3
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815-1878), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1857-61 3
- Robert Adrain (1775-1843), Irish mathematician, born at Carrickfergus; he headed a company of insurgents in the rebellion of 1798, though badly wounded, he escaped to America, where he became a school teacher, at Princeton, New Jersey 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)
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 17 Apr. 2019
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