Anstead History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The roots of the Anglo-Saxon name Anstead come from when the family resided in Suffolk. The surname Anstead belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Early Origins of the Anstead family

The surname Anstead was first found in Sussex where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Anstead family

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Anstead Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Anstead has been recorded under many different variations, including Hemstead, Hampstead, Hempstead, Hemsted and others.

Early Notables of the Anstead family

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Anstead migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Anstead or a variant listed above:

Anstead Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mathias Anstead, who landed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1844 1

Anstead migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Anstead Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss Elizabeth Anstead, (b. 1843), aged 22, English domestic servant from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Anstead (post 1700) +

Harry Lee Anstead (b. 1937), American jurist, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court (1994-2009)
Harry Lee Anstead, American politician, Justice of Florida State Supreme Court, 1994- 3
Walter Anstead (1845-1933), English first class cricketer who played six matches for Surrey between 1870 and 1872
Nick Anstead, British lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html