Hemingson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Hemingson

The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Hemingson came from the son of Emery. 1

"This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Emery' whence Emerson, corrupted to Emson, and with intrusive 'p' to Empson. This is proved by the following entries relating to one and the same man:

Richard Emryson, 1490: Scriba Registri Domini Prioris Dunelm. Sanctuarium Dunelmensis et sanctuarium Beverlacense.

Richard Emereson, 1491: ibid.

Richard Empson, 1495: ibid." 1

Early Origins of the Hemingson family

Early History of the Hemingson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hemingson research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1473 and 1510 are included under the topic Early Hemingson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hemingson Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Hemingson family name include Empson, Emson and others.

Early Notables of the Hemingson family

Sir Richard Empson or Emson (d. 1510), English statesman and lawyer, "son of Peter Empson of Towcester, Northamptonshire, and Elizabeth, his wife. The father, who died in 1473, is invariably described as a sievemaker...
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Migration of the Hemingson family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Hemingson surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Cornelius Empson who settled in west New Jersey in 1664; Daniel Empson arrived in New England in 1768; George Empson settled in Bermuda in 1850; William and Elizabeth Emson settled in Virginia in 1650..