Hetheredge History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsEtymology of HetheredgeWhat does the name Hetheredge mean? The origins of the name Hetheredge are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the name Aldrich. The surname Hetheredge originally derived from the Old English word aeoelric, which later became the name Aldrich. Literally the name means "noble ruler." 1 Early Origins of the Hetheredge familyThe surname Hetheredge was first found in Berkshire, where this first of the family, Aethericus was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. 2 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed Jacobus Atteriche as holding lands there at that time. 3 Early History of the Hetheredge familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hetheredge 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 Hetheredge History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hetheredge 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 Hetheredge family name include Etheridge, Etheredge, Etherege, Etherige, Ettridge, Etridge, Attridge and many more. Early Notables of the Hetheredge familyNotables 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... Migration of the Hetheredge familyFor 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 Hetheredge surname or a spelling variation of the name include: 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..
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