England
ScotlandThe surname Huggan was first found in Fife, where like its English counterpart, the name is a diminutive of "Hugh" as in "son of Hugh." [1] This is turn, translates in Latin to "Hugo." [2] Hugens was in the Domesday Book as a surname while Hugh, Hugo and Hugolin were personal names. [3]
Taking a rather large step back in time over the centuries, we found Andrew Hugoun, latimus, recorded in 1519, and a few years later, Robert Huggou (perhaps a miscopying of Huggon) in Glasmount in 1540, and John Huggoun had sasine of lands of Neddyr Pitgrugny in 1545. [4]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Huggan research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1540, 1600, 1650, 1521, 1586, 1555, 1559 and 1571 are included under the topic Early Huggan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Huggins, Huggan, Hugan, Huckings, Huckins, Huggin and others.
Another 39 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Huggan Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Nicholas Huggins settled in Virginia in 1635; Roger Huggins settled in New Jersey in 1678; George Huggins settled in North Carolina in 1701; Humphrey Huggins settled in New England in 1684..
