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Hen is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Hen family once lived in the parish of Heene, which is now part of Worthing in the county of Sussex. The surname Hen belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. The surname Hen may also be derived from the personal name Henry.
The surname Hen was first found in Sussex, where evidence suggests they held a family seat before the Norman Conquest in 1066.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hen research. Another 108 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1639, 1673, 1675 and 1708 are included under the topic Early Hen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sound 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 Hen family name include Hen, Henn, Henne, Heene, Hene and others.
Distinguished members of the family include
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Hen surname or a spelling variation of the name include: