| ![Show Contents]() Hafen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Hafen is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Hafen family once lived in the village of Haffenden in the south-eastern counties of Kent, around Canterbury, Cranbrook, Homewood, and Smarden, around Wadhurst in the county of Sussex. Early Origins of the Hafen familyThe surname Hafen was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor at Tenterden and Smarden and at Halden Bugglesden in the north part of Boresile borough. The exact locality of the ancient domain remains obscure. Early History of the Hafen familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hafen research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hafen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hafen 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 Hafen family name include Hafenden, Haffenden, Havenden and others. Early Notables of the Hafen familyMore information is included under the topic Early Hafen Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Hafen 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 Hafen surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Hafen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Willem Hafen, who arrived in New York in 1709 1
- 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)
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Hafen migration to the United States 
