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The roots of the Assie family name are in ancient Scotland with the Viking settlers. Assie was derived from the name Aassi, which is a Old Norse form of the Old English personal name Oswald, which means divine power. The original spelling of the surname Assie was Aassiesen, and this form is preserved in the Shetlands; many diminutive forms of the surname also exist. The surname was recorded in the Landnamabok (the Icelandic Book of settlement), as Asi.
The surname Assie was first found in the Shetlands, where it is a form of Oswald.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Assie research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Assie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sound and intuition were the main things that scribes in the Middle Ages relied on when spelling and translating names. Since those factors varied, so did the spelling of the names. Spelling variations of the name Assie include Aassie, Assi, Assie, Aasie, Hoseason, Hosison and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Assie Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In France, the name Assie is the 4,378th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1
In North America, the monarchy was thousands of miles away and Scots were free to settle on their own land and practice their own beliefs. The American War of Independence provided an opportunity for these settlers to pay back the English monarchy and forge a new nation. Recently, this heritage has survived through North American highland games and Clan societies. Early North American immigration and passenger lists have revealed a number of people bearing the name Assie or a variant listed above: William Hoseason, and family who migrated directly from the Shetlands about 1730 to Jamaica. This family eventually married into the distinguished Bruce family of Jamaica..