Hanck History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Hanck

What does the name Hanck mean?

The surname Hanck is a patronymic surname created from the Middle English given name Hank.

Early Origins of the Hanck family

The surname Hanck was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1191 when Anke of Ankinton held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Hanck family

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Hanck Spelling Variations

Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Hanck include Hanks, Hankes, Hanke, Hank, Anke, Ankes, Hancke and many more.

Early Notables of the Hanck family

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Hanck migration to the United States +

Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Hanck were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:

Hanck Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Hanck, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1742 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Hanck (post 1700) +

Brigadier-General Michel-Alexandre-Maximilien Hanck (1882-1978), French General Officer Commanding Artillery, XXV Corps (1940) 2

Sources +

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)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Michel-Alexandre-Maximilien Hanck. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Hanck/Michel-Alexandre-Maximilien/France.html