Huntarde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Huntarde is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a hunter. The surname Huntarde is derived from the Old English word hunta, which means hunter. 1

The Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae listed Robert Le Huant in Normandy in 1198. 2

The name is "well distributed through England, except in the north, where its place is supplied by Hunter, which has the same signification. It is best represented in the south of England, especially in the county of Dorset, and after that in those of Wilts and Somerset." 3

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales includes and old poem about the name "With hunte and home, and houndes him beside."

Early Origins of the Huntarde family

The surname Huntarde was first found in Sussex where Humphrey le Hunte, was listed in the Feet of Fines in 1203. Later Ralphe Hunte was listed in the Assize Rolls of Yorkshire of 1219. 4

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed the following early entries for the family: Alice le Hunte in Oxfordshire; and Thomas le Hunte in Cambridgeshire. 5

Kirby's Quest lists the following in Somerset: Robert le Hunte and Robert le Honte, 1 Edward III (during the first year's reign of Edward III. 6

Early History of the Huntarde family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Huntarde research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1609, 1641, 1644, 1659, 1662, 1680, 1705 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Huntarde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Huntarde Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Huntarde has appeared include Hunt, Hunter, Huntar and others.

Early Notables of the Huntarde family

Another 38 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Huntarde Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Huntarde family to Ireland

Some of the Huntarde family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 71 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Huntarde family

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Huntarde arrived in North America very early: Alice Hunt, who settled in Virginia in 1654; Edward Hunt, who settled in Virginia in 1655; James Hunt, who settled in Virginia in 1636; John Hunt, who settled in Virginia in 1622.

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.