Hewgle is a name of ancient
Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Howgill or Hugill. Howgill is in Sedburgh, in the West Riding of
Yorkshire. Hugill is in
Westmorland (now part of Cumbria). The names have a common origin, however. They are based on the Old Norse word
haugrgeil, which means "barrow (hill) in a ravine."
Early Origins of the Hewgle family
The surname Hewgle was first found in
Yorkshire 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 Hewgle family
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Hewgle 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 Hewgle family name include Hewgill, Hugill, Hugil and others.
Early Notables of the Hewgle family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Hewgle family to the New World and Oceana
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for
Ireland, Canada, 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 Hewgle surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John and Eleanor Hugil who settled in New York State in 1820 with eight children; Abraham Hugle settled in Philadelphia in 1754; with Charity; Arnold and Killian Hugle settled in Philadelphia in 1875..