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Early Origins of the Kinne family

The surname Kinne was first found in Lincolnshire 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 1260 when Pestell Kin held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Kinne family

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Kinne Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Kinne has been recorded under many different variations, including Kin, Kinn, Kine, Kins, Kinne, Kyne, Cyne, Kyn and others.

Early Notables of the Kinne family

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Kinne Ranking

In the United States, the name Kinne is the 12,591st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Kinne migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Kinne or a variant listed above:

Kinne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Sir Thomas Kinne, who landed in America in 1625 2
  • Adriaan Pieterz Kinne, who arrived in New Jersey in 1660 2
Kinne Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Kinne, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816 2
  • F W Kinne, aged 28, who settled in America from London, in 1892
  • Charles H. Kinne, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1895
Kinne Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Hugh T. Kinne, aged 28, who settled in America, in 1906
  • Marion Kinne, aged 26, who landed in America, in 1908
  • Flora Kinne, aged 25, who landed in America, in 1909
  • Burdette Kinne, aged 33, who landed in America, in 1919
  • C. Wesley Kinne, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States, in 1919
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Kinne (post 1700) +

  • Frances Bartlett Kinne (1917-2020), American author, academic administrator, and musician, 7th President of Jacksonville University (1979-1989)
  • W. B. Kinne, American Republican politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho 3
  • Ryan Kinne (b. 1989), American soccer player
  • John Baxter Kinne (1877-1954), United States Army soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor
  • Harry C. Kinne, American politician, Village President of Wilmette, Illinois, 1935-42 4
  • Elam A. Kinne, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Voluntown; Elected 1906 4
  • Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921), American Republican politician, Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1875-77; Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd District, 1881-82 4
  • Daniel Kinne, American politician, Delegate to Michigan State Constitutional Convention, 1850 4
  • Charles H. Kinne, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Seneca County, 1928 4
  • C. Mason Kinne (d. 1913), American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1880 4
  • ... (Another 15 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2012, February 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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