Arum History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Arum

What does the name Arum mean?

The distinguished name Arum was derived from the Old English word "hearn," denoting "evil, hurt, injury." 1 Alternatively the name could have been derived from " a trade-sign of an Arm or Arms." 2

Early Origins of the Arum family

The surname Arum was first found in Lincolnshire where Walter Harm was recorded in the Registrum Antiquissimum c. 1150-1156. Years later, we found Richard Harm in the Feet of Fines for Surrey (1234-1235) and in Leicestershire we found William Arm in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327. 1

Early History of the Arum family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Arum research. Another 39 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1235, 1327, 1674, 1704, 1759 and 1797 are included under the topic Early Arum History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Arum Spelling Variations

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 Arum family name include Harm, Harme, Harmes, Harms, Armes, Arms, Arme and many more.

Early Notables of the Arum family

Eugene Aram (1704-1759), born in 1704, probably in September, at Ramsgill, Netherdale, Yorkshire. "His father was gardener to Sir Edward Blackett, of Newby; and after receiving the elements of education at Ripon, he...
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Arum migration to the United States +

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 Arum surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Arum Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Arum, who arrived in Virginia in 1655 3

Sources +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
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)