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Harrod History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Harrod History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland
England

Early Origins of the Harrod family

The surname Harrod was first found in Argyllshire (Gaelic erra Ghaidheal), the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute.

The name in Anglo Saxon, signifies "The love of the army," From Har, an army, and hold, love. 1 Hence the name is often referred to as "powerful warrior." 2

Further to the south in England, the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed: Agnes Harald, Oxfordshire; John Harald, Wiltshire; Reginald Haralt, Oxfordshire; and Roger Harold, Buckinghamshire. 3

Later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls included: Robertus Harald; and Stephen Harald as holding lands there at that time. 3

Early History of the Harrod family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Harrod research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1566, 1626, 1685, 1799, 1825, 1834, 1851, 1881, 1883 and 1885 are included under the topic Early Harrod History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Harrod Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Harold, Harald, Harrell, Hirrell, Hurrell and others.

Early Notables of the Harrod family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Francis Harold, O.F.M. (died 1685), an Irish Franciscan and historical writer. He was a native of Limerick, and member of the Franciscan order, to which his uncle, Luke Wadding, was the historiographer. Harold...
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Harrod Ranking

In the United States, the name Harrod is the 5,915^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4

Migration of the Harrod family to Ireland

Some of the Harrod family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Harrod migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Harrod Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Harrod, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1680 5

Harrod Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Philip Harrod, aged 27, who landed in Missouri in 1839 5

Harrod migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Harrod Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Harrod, English convict who was convicted in Surrey, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Asiatic" on 5th June 1819, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 6
Mr. William Harrod, British Convict who was convicted in Essex, England for life for house breaking, transported aboard the "Coromandel" on 25th June 1838, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1838 7
Anne Harrod, aged 20, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship "Confiance" 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Harrod (post 1700) +

Charles Henry Harrod (1799-1885), English retail businessman who founded the Harrods store in London
Benjamin Morgan Harrod (1837-1912), American civil engineer who directed the construction of the water and sewerage systems in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tim Harrod (b. 1968), American Primetime Emmy Award winning comedy writer
James Harrod (1746-1792), American pioneer, soldier, and hunter who built the first permanent settlement in Kentucky
M. Merle Harrod, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956 (alternate), 1960 (alternate), 1964 (alternate), 1972 9
Leslie L. Harrod, American politician, Mayor of Wood River, Illinois, 1938 9
J. H. Harrod, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1908 9
C. C. Harrod, American politician, Mayor of Littleton, Colorado, 1932-34 9
Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod (1900-1978), English economist, best known for writing The Life of John Maynard Keynes (1951) and co-developing the Harrod-Domar model
Charles Digby Harrod (1841-1905), English businessman and owner of Harrods in London, son of Charles Henry Harrod
... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Harrod family +

RMS Lusitania

Mr. Alfred Harrod, English Junior Assistant Purser from Liverpool, England, who worked aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and died in the sinking 10

Citations +

Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/atlas
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 19th March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/coromandel
South Australian Register Wednesday 13th September 1854. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Confiance 1854. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/confiance1854.shtml
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 10) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/