Hatteway History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Hatteway family

Early History of the Hatteway family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hatteway research. Another 191 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1502, 1503, 1582, 1600, 1602, 1607, 1621, 1622, 1626, 1633, 1646, 1656, 1665, 1700, 1701, 1702 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Hatteway History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hatteway Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Hatteway has appeared include Hathaway, Hatheway, Hathoway, Hathway and others.

Early Notables of the Hatteway family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Richard Hathaway (fl. 1702), an English impostor, a blacksmith's apprentice of Southwark. "In February 1700 he gave out that he was bewitched by an old woman named Sarah Morduck, the wife of a waterman, and that, as an effect of her sorcery, he vomited nails and pins, was unable to eat, speak, or open his eyes, and was otherwise strangely affected. His only remedy was to scratch Morduck until she bled, when he recovered for a time. He prepared a narrative of his case, but the printer to whom he took the copy...
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Migration of the Hatteway family

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Hatteway arrived in North America very early: Joe Hathoway settled in New England in 1635; Francis Hathaway settled in Virginia in 1652; John and Susan Hathaway settled in Boston in 1635.