The name Hawtray came to
England with the ancestors of the Hawtray family in the
Norman Conquest of 1066. The Hawtray family lived in
Sussex at Moor House, Petworth, not far from Battle Abbey.
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Burke, John Bernard, The Roll of Battle Abbey. London: Edward Churton, 26, Holles Street, 1848, Print. Hawtrie is an adaptation of
Hauterive, Normandy, the name of which literally means
high river.Early Origins of the Hawtray family
The surname Hawtray was first found in
Sussex where they held a
family seat as Lords of the Manor of Heringham. Soon after the
Domesday Book survey, a census initiated by Duke William of
Normandy after his conquest of
England in 1066 A.D., the family built Heringham Priory.
[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. The first Norman noble to settle was from Hauterive, probably assuming the cognate 'de Hauterive'. He came from the arrondisement of Alencon in
Normandy. It is most likely a corruption of the Norman Hauterive which produced the family name but, strangely, Dawtry and Dealtry have also been attributed to the same source, this from a Latinization of the location of their estates in
Sussex, i.e., De Alta Ripa, a high bank or cliff. The Dawtries, the main house of which is in Petworth parish, are one and the same as the Hawtries.
Early History of the Hawtray family
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Hawtray Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries. For that reason,
spelling variations are common among many Anglo-Norman names. The shape of the English language was frequently changed with the introduction of elements of Norman French, Latin, and other European languages; even the spelling of literate people's names were subsequently modified. Hawtray has been recorded under many different variations, including Hawtre, Hawtree, Hawtrie, Dawtre, Dawtree, Dawtrie, Hawtrey, Haultrey, Dealtre, Dealtrie, Dawtrey, Dawtry, Daltry, Haltry, Haltrie and many more.
Early Notables of the Hawtray family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Hawtray family to the New World and Oceana
To escape the uncertainty of the political and religious uncertainty found in
England, many English families boarded ships at great expense to sail for the colonies held by Britain. The passages were expensive, though, and the boats were unsafe, overcrowded, and ridden with disease. Those who were hardy and lucky enough to make the passage intact were rewarded with land, opportunity, and social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families went on to be important contributors to the young nations of Canada and the United States where they settled. Hawtrays were some of the first of the immigrants to arrive in North America: John Dawtres who settled in Virginia in 1636; William Dawtrey settled in Barbados in 1683.