Fawn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Fawn family
The surname Fawn was first found in
Berwickshire on the eastern part of English/Scottish Border. However, some of the family were found at Alderwasley in
Derbyshire in ancient times. "The Le Foune or Fawne family held lands here in the reign of Henry III., and their heiress intermarried with the Lowes, who obtained a grant of the manor from Henry VIII."
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Early History of the Fawn family
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Fawn Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Fawns, Fawnes, Faunesse, Faunes, Faughnes, Fowns, Fawn and many more.
Early Notables of the Fawn family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Fawn family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Fawn Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- John Fawn, who landed in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635 [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
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) - Robert Fawn, who settled in Barbados in 1685
Fawn Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- Elizabeth Fawn, aged 21, who arrived in South Australia in 1849 aboard the ship "Florentia" [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) FLORENTIA 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Florentia.htm - Elizabeth Fawn, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Florentia" in 1849 [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) FLORENTIA 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Florentia.htm
Contemporary Notables of the name Fawn (post 1700)
- Fawn Skinner, American politician, Representative from Vermont at-large, 2002 [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, August 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html - Fawn McKay Brodie (1915-1981), American biographer and professor of history at UCLA
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Citations
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, 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)
- ^ State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) FLORENTIA 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Florentia.htm
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, August 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html