Hamps History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

• Origins Available:
• England
• Ireland

Etymology of Hamps

The Gaelic name used by the Hamps family in ancient Ireland was Ó hAmhsaigh.

Early Origins of the Hamps family

Early History of the Hamps family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hamps research. Another 41 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1659, 1695, 1700 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Hamps History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hamps Spelling Variations

Names during the Middle Ages were often recorded under several different spelling variations during the life of their bearers. Literacy was rare at that time and so how a person's name was recorded was decided by the individual scribe. Variations of the name Hamps include O'Hanson, Hanson, Hansom, O'Hamsey, Hampson, O'Hamson, O'Hampson, Hempson and many more.

Early Notables of the Hamps family

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Migration of the Hamps family

Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name Hamps: Henry Hampson, who sailed to New York in 1854; John Hampson to Philadelphia in 1864; Thomas Hampson to Mississippi in 1859; Andrew Hanson to Wisconsin in 1884..