| ![Show Contents]() Henday History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of HendayWhat does the name Henday mean? The history of the name Henday goes back those Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled over Britain. Such a name was given to a person with a mild temperment. The surname Henday is derived from the Old English word hendy, which means courteous, kind, and gentle. This word was also often used as a personal name. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames referred to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, appearance, habits, or character. Early Origins of the Henday familyThe surname Henday was first found in Surrey where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Henday familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Henday research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1198 and 1391 are included under the topic Early Henday History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Henday Spelling VariationsSound 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 Henday family name include Hendy, Henday, Hendey, Hendley and others. Early Notables of the Henday familyMore information is included under the topic Early Henday Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Henday family to IrelandSome of the Henday family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Henday migration to the United States | + |
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. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Henday or a variant listed above:
Henday Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Henday, who landed in Maryland in 1668 1
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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