Heatheritch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Heatheritch family

Early History of the Heatheritch family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heatheritch research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1524, 1534, 1588, 1636, 1664, 1668, 1676, 1692, 1773 and 1786 are included under the topic Early Heatheritch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Heatheritch Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Heatheritch has undergone many spelling variations, including Etheridge, Etheredge, Etherege, Etherige, Ettridge, Etridge, Attridge and many more.

Early Notables of the Heatheritch family

Notables of the family at this time include Sir James Etheridge; George Etherege or Ethrygg (in Latin Edrycus) (fl. 1588), an English classical scholar and physician. He was born at Thame, Oxfordshire, was admitted a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 11 Nov. 1534, being placed under...
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Migration of the Heatheritch family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Heatheritch were among those contributors: Henry Etheridge who settled in Virginia in 1654; Sarah Etheridge who settled in New England in 1773; Thomas Etheridge settled in Maryland in 1722. From these settlers was descended the distinguished family of the U.S.A. as recorded in Burke's..