Honing History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Honing family

The surname Honing was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. 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 13th century when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Honing family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Honing research. Another 143 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1449, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1560 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Honing History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Honing Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Honing are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. The variations of the name Honing include: Honing, Huning, Homing, Hoeming, Honying, Honyng, Hunyng, Honings, Hunings, Hunnings, Honnings, Honning and many more.

Early Notables of the Honing family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Honing family of Suffolk

Honing migration to the United States +

Many English families tired of political and religious strife left Britain for the new colonies in North America. Although the trip itself offered no relief - conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and many travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute - these immigrants believed the opportunities that awaited them were worth the risks. Once in the colonies, many of the families did indeed prosper and, in turn, made significant contributions to the culture and economies of the growing colonies. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Honing or a variant listed above:

Honing Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anna Catrana Honing, aged 25, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 1
Marilos Honing, aged 20, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 1
Nicholas Honing, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1739 1
Jurich Honing, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1739 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Honing (post 1700) +

Yuri Honing, Dutch tenor sax player
Henkjan Honing Ph.D., Dutch head of the Music Cognition Group at the University of Amsterdam

Citations +

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)