| ![Show Contents]() Hanning History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Hanning family name is linked to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name comes from Hana, an Old English personal name. Patronymic surnames arose out of the vernacular and religious given name traditions. This name is from the vernacular tradition. The vernacular or regional naming tradition is the oldest and most pervasive type of patronymic surname. According to this custom, names were originally composed of vocabulary elements from the local language. Vernacular names that were derived from ancient Germanic personal names have cognates in most European languages. For example, the court of Charlemagne (742-814) was Christian and Latin-speaking, but the Frankish dialect of Old German was commonly used for personal names. Vernacular names were widespread throughout Normandy. Accordingly, many typical English and French names are in fact, originally of Germanic origin and often have cognates in other European countries. Early Origins of the Hanning familyThe surname Hanning was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Hanning familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hanning research. Another 63 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hanning History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hanning Spelling VariationsUntil 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 Hanning include Hanning, Haning and others. Early Notables of the Hanning familyDistinguished members of the family include Hanning RankingIn the United States, the name Hanning is the 14,606th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Hanning 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 Hanning were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:
Hanning Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Anne Hanning who settled in Virginia in 1655
Hanning Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Eliza Hanning, who arrived in Virginia in 1719 2
- William Hanning, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1772
Hanning Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Frederick H Hanning, who arrived in Mississippi in 1843 2
- Peter Hanning arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851
| Hanning migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Hanning Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Mr. Thomas Hanning, Irish settler from Rostellan travelling from Leith aboard the ship 'Melbourne' arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 18th March 1861 3
| Hanning migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4Hanning Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Darby Hanning, who settled in Jamaica in 1663
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hanning (post 1700) | + |
- Loy Vernon Hanning (1917-1986), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Rob Hanning, American two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominated television writer and producer
- Henry Hanning, American artist
- Simon Hanning, British music & television producer
- Bernard William Hanning (b. 1942), British author
- August Hanning, former head of the German intelligence service BND
- John Hanning Speke (1827-1864), African explorer and discoverer of the source of the Nile, second son of William Speke (1798–1887) of Jordans, near Ilminster, Somerset
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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