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The chronicles of the Hartness family show that the name was first used in the Scottish/English Borderlands by the Strathclyde-Britons. It was a name for a person who lived in Dumfries. Some believe that the surname Hartness is derived from the Old English words here, which means army, and næss, which means headland or cape.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hartness research. Another 68 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1890 is included under the topic Early Hartness History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The origin of rules governing the spelling of names and even words is a very recent innovation. Before that, words and names were spelled according to sound, and, therefore, often appeared under several different spelling variations in a single document. Hartness has been spelled Harkness, Harkniss, Harckness, Hackness, Herkness and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Hartness Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Hartness is the 15,809th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Another 63 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The persecution faced in their homeland left many Scots with little to do but sail for the colonies of North America. There they found land, freedom, opportunity, and nations in the making. They fought for their freedom in the American War of Independence, or traveled north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. In both cases, they made enormous contributions to the formation of those great nations. Among them: