Bingham History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bingham

What does the name Bingham mean?

The name Bingham is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived at Bingham in the county of Nottinghamshire. The name of that place is derived from the Old Norse word "bingr," meaning stall or manger, and the Old English word "ham," meaning settlement or village.

Early Origins of the Bingham family

The surname Bingham was first found in Somerset where they have held a family seat from very ancient times, where they were established at Sutton Bingham well before the Norman Conquest of Duke William in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Bingham family

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Bingham Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bingham and others.

Early Notables of the Bingham family

Sir Richard Bingham of Connacht

Bingham Ranking

the United States, the name Bingham is the 1,187^th most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 1 However, in the United Kingdom, the name Bingham is ranked the 880^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,764 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Bingham family to Ireland

Some of the Bingham family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 87 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bingham migration to the United States +

Bingham Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Bingham, who settled in Virginia in 1653
Thomas Bingham who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1673

Bingham migration to Canada +

Bingham Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Ms. Elisha Bingham U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 4

Bingham Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

John Bingham, aged 24, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Independence" in 1832
Mr. John Bingham, aged 6 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Yorkshire" departing 9th June 1847 from Liverpool, England; the ship arrived on 10th August 1847 but he died on board 5
Mr. John Bingham, aged who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Yorkshire" departing 9th June 1847 from Liverpool, England; the ship arrived on 10th August 1847 but he died on board 5

Bingham migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Third Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Third Fleet

Miss Elizabeth Bingham, Irish settler convicted in London on 16th April 1787, sentenced for 7 years for felony, transported aboard the ship "Prince of Wales" leaving in 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1788 3

Following the Third Fleets, other convicts and early settlers arriving in Australia include:

Bingham Settlers in Australia in the 18th Century

Mr. John Bingham, (Smith, William, James), English convict who was convicted in Hampshire, England for life, transported aboard the "Barwell" in September 1797, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 6

Bingham Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Bingham, British Convict who was convicted in Sussex, England for life, transported aboard the "Earl Spencer" in May 1813, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 7
Mr. Joel Bingham, English convict who was convicted in Chester, Cheshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Baring" in December 1818, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 8
Mr. Joseph Bingham who was convicted in West Riding, Yorkshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "England"on 31st March 1832, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 9
Ellen Bingham, English convict from Worcester, who was transported aboard the "Amphitrite" on August 21, 1833, settling in New South Wales, Australia 10
Mr. John Bingham, British Convict who was convicted in Warwick, Warwickshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Coromandel" on 25th June 1838, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 11
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bingham 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:

Bingham Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Samuel Bingham, (b. 1838), aged 21, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Roman Emperor" arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 26th January 1860 12
Miss Mary Bingham, (b. 1840), aged 19, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Roman Emperor" arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 26th January 1860 12
Miss Emma Bingham, (b. 1841), aged 23, British domestic servant travelling from London aboard the ship "Glenmark" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 21st January 1865 13
William J. Bingham, aged 25, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waikato" in 1874
Emma Bingham, aged 28, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waikato" in 1874
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Bingham migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 14

Bingham Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

William Bingham, aged 18, who settled in Barbados in 1635 aboard the ship "Falcon"

Contemporary Notables of the name Bingham (post 1700) +

Sarah Montague "Sallie" Bingham (1937-2025), American author, playwright, poet, teacher, feminist activist and philanthropist, the eldest daughter of Barry Bingham Sr., patriarch of the Bingham family of Louisville, Kentucky
Robert Franklin "Bob" Bingham (1946-2025), American actor and singer, best known for playing the role of Caiaphas in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar
Stanley Walker "Stan" Bingham (1945-2022), American politician, Member of the North Carolina Senate (2001-2017)
Howard Bingham (1939-2016), American biographer of Muhammad Ali and a professional photographer
Hiram Bingham, American Congregationalist missionary in Hawaii
George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), American painter and frontier politician
Seth Bingham (1882-1972), American organist, composer and professor at Columbia University
John Armor Bingham, American lawyer and politician, Congressman from Ohio, and a judge in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination
Sir Eardley Max Bingham QC (1927-2021), Australian politician, Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmania, who represented the electorate of Denison for the Liberal Party in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984
... (Another 12 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Bingham family +

Hillcrest Coal Mine

Mr. Fred Bingham (1876-1914), Canadian Miner from Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada who worked in the Hillcrest Coal Mine, Alberta, Canada and died in the mine collapse 15
Mr. Joseph Bingham, British Leading Seaman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking, was listed as missing and presumed killed during the evacuation of Singapore 1942 16
Miss Alice Winifred Bingham, English 2nd Class passenger residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada returning to England, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and died in the sinking 17

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 65)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 29th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barwell
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 8th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-spencer
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/baring
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th April 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/england
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Amphitrite voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1833 with 99 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/amphitrite/1833
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 19th March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/coromandel
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
List Of Miners - Hillcrest Mine Disaster Data. (Retrieved 2014, June 24) . Retrieved from http://www.hillcrestminedisaster.com/data/index.php?title=List_Of_Miners
HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/