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![Show Contents]() Faith History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Faith familyThe surname Faith was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1389 when William Feyth was recorded as a taxpayer. Early History of the Faith familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Faith research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1616, 1656, 1691 and 1701 are included under the topic Early Faith History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Faith Spelling VariationsSound 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 Faith family name include Faith, Faithful, Faithfull, Feyth, Feythfull, Feythful, Fathe, Fath and many more. Early Notables of the Faith familyDistinguished members of the family include - William Faithorne, the Elder (1616-1691), English engraver and portrait-painter, born in London in 1616...
- His eldest son, William Faithorne, the Younger (1656-1701?), was a mezzotint engraver, born in London in 1656...
Faith RankingIn the United States, the name Faith is the 9,706th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Faith 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 Faith surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Faith Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Henry Faith, who landed in Reading, Massachusetts in 1647 2
Faith Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Jacob Faith, who landed in New Jersey in 1776 2
- Conrad Faith, who arrived in America in 1777 2
Faith Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- T Faith, who arrived in Texas in 1844 2
- Peter Faith, who arrived in America in 1854 2
- Valentine Faith, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1880 2
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Faith Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Mary Faith, aged 25, who arrived in Quebec in 1833
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Faith Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. James Faith, English convict who was convicted in Surrey, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Egyptian" on 5th April 1839, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Faith (post 1700) | + |
- Percy Faith (1908-1976), Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor from Toronto, Ontario, known for his "easy listening" music, he placed 21 albums on the Billboard Hot 200 best sellers chart
- Bob Faith (1963-1964), American businessman, founder, chairman and CEO of Greystar Real Estate Partners
- Brigadier-General Don Carlos Faith (1896-1963), American Assistant Commandant Command & General Staff School (1946-1948) 4
- Paloma Faith (b. 1981), English singer and actress
- Adam Faith (1940-2003), English pop singer
- Horace Faith (d. 2015), Jamaican reggae singer
- Cora Faith Walker (1984-2022), American politician, Member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2017-2019)
- Lynn Faith Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng (b. 1961), British Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering and was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge
- Betty Faith Jaynes (1945-2014), American basketball coach
- Marjorie Faith Barnard (1897-1987), Australian novelist
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th January 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/egyptian
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, February 29) Don Faith. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Faith/Don_Carlos/USA.html
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