| ![Show Contents]() Henniker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
England
Early Origins of the Henniker familyThe surname Henniker was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor at Newton Hall. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1474 when John Henacre held estates in that county. Early History of the Henniker familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Henniker research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487 and 1531 are included under the topic Early Henniker History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Henniker Spelling VariationsOnly 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 Henniker has undergone many spelling variations, including Henniker, Heniker, Hanniker, Haniker, Hannacre, Hanacre, Henacre, Hennacre, Hennaker and many more. Early Notables of the Henniker family- the Henniker family of Essex
| Henniker migration to the United States | + |
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 Henniker were among those contributors:
Henniker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Robert Henniker was recorded as a resident alien in New York in 1838
- Robert Henniker, who arrived in New York in 1838 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Henniker (post 1700) | + |
- Sir Frederick Henniker (1793-1825), English traveller, eldest son of the Hon. Sir Brydges Trecothick Henniker of Newton Hall, Essex, bart 2
- John Henniker Major (1752-1821), 2nd Lord Henniker, born on 19 April 1752, eldest son of Sir John Henniker, knt., M.P., F.R.S., of Stratford-upon-Slaney, co. Wicklow, Newton Hall, Dunmow, and Stratford House, Stratford, both in Essex 3
- John Henniker (1724-1803), 1st Baron Henniker, British Member of Parliament
- 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)
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
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