Farnen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The ancestry of the name Farnen dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in Farndon a parish in the county of Cheshire.

Early Origins of the Farnen family

The surname Farnen was first found in Cheshire 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 Farnen family

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Farnen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Farnen have been found, including Farnden, Farnen, Farndon and others.

Early Notables of the Farnen family

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Farnen migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Farnen, or a variant listed above:

Farnen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas Farnen, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1858
Christopher Farnen, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Maryland in 1860 1

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)