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Early Origins of the Huster family

The surname Huster was first found in Cheshire 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 year 1327 when Richard le Heustere held estates in Salop, south east of Cheshire. Later Richard moved to Staffordshire in 1332.

Early History of the Huster family

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Huster 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 Huster family name include Hewster, Hustter, Huster, Hustar and others.

Early Notables of the Huster family

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United States Huster migration to the United States +

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 Huster surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Huster Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jost Huster, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 1
  • Anna Elizabeth Huster, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1794
Huster Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • E F Huster, aged 44, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804 1
  • Adam Huster, who arrived in Ohio in 1836 1
  • Amelia Huster, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 1
  • R F Huster, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
  • Charles Huster, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1871


  1. 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)


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