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![Show Contents]() Hearewedon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Hearewedon is an ancient Norman name that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Hearewedon family lived in Flintshire, Wales at Hawarden. 1 Early Origins of the Hearewedon familyThe surname Hearewedon was first found in Flintshire, Wales at Hawarden, a small village near the border of Cheshire and Wales. Legend has it that in the Church a statue of the Virgin Mary fell in 946, killing the wife of the Governor of the Castle. The statue was put on trial and condemned to death by drowning. The statue floated up the River Dee and washed up at Chester. Hawarden Castle, built much later, after the Hawardens had left, was occupied during the 19th century by William Gladstone, Prime Minister of England. Early History of the Hearewedon familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hearewedon research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1206, 1574, 1662, 1686 and 1735 are included under the topic Early Hearewedon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hearewedon Spelling VariationsMultitudes of spelling variations are a hallmark of Anglo Norman names. Most of these names evolved in the 11th and 12th century, in the time after the Normans introduced their own Norman French language into a country where Old and Middle English had no spelling rules and the languages of the court were French and Latin. To make matters worse, medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, so names frequently appeared differently in the various documents in which they were recorded. The name was spelled Hawarden, Hawardens, Hawerden, Harweden, Harveden, Harvedon and many more. Early Notables of the Hearewedon familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was Edward Hawarden (1662-1735), an English Roman Catholic theologian and controversialist from Lancashire. He was the son of Thomas Hawarden...
Another 26 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Hearewedon Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Hearewedon familyBecause of this political and religious unrest within English society, many people decided to immigrate to the colonies. Families left for Ireland, North America, and Australia in enormous numbers, traveling at high cost in extremely inhospitable conditions. The New World in particular was a desirable destination, but the long voyage caused many to arrive sick and starving. Those who made it, though, were welcomed by opportunities far greater than they had known at home in England. Many of these families went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Hearewedon or a variant listed above: Robert Harveden who landed in North America in 1705.
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
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