Hampshaw is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Hampshaw family once lived in the village of Hallamshire in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Early Origins of the Hampshaw family
The surname Hampshaw was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from very early times.
Early History of the Hampshaw family
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Hampshaw Spelling Variations
Sound 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 Hampshaw family name include Hampshire, Hampscher, Hampsher, Hampsheir, Hamshire, Hamscher, Hamsher and many more.
Early Notables of the Hampshaw family
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Migration of the Hampshaw family
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 Hampshaw surname or a spelling variation of the name include: George Hamscher to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1752; Adam Hamscher to Philadelphia in 1753; Anthony Hampire to Philadelphia in 1748; and John Hampshire to Philadelphia in 1864..
