Loving History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Loving family

The surname Loving was first found in Normandy, France where the family are believed to originally of Lovergne near Calais, and then branched to Brabant, and later to Kent in England.

William de Loven is mentioned in Normandy 1180-95 (Magna Rotul. Scaccarii Normanniæ) 1

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Robert de Lovent, John his son, and Henry de Lovent, in Buckinghamshire; and later, William de Lovent in Bedfordshire, during the reign of Edward I.

"Unless this be an interpolation, it cannot refer to the noble family of Lovaine of Estains in Essex, who descended from Henry IV., Duke of Brabant, by Maud, daughter of Matthew, Earl of Flanders. Their ancestor Godfrey was this Duke's younger son, and held in 1200 the Honour of Eye in Suffolk, which had been given to the Duchess of Lovaine in Richard I.'s time." 2

Jovelyn Louvaine was brother of Queen Adeliza, second wife of King Henry I. Jocelyn's father was Godfrey Barbatus, Duke of Lorraine and Count of Brabant who was descended from Charlemagne. He received as a wedding gift from Adeliza of the honor of Petworth in Sussex which held 21 knights' fees. He also received many other domains throughout the southern counties and married into the distinguished Percys of the north by his marriage to Agnes de Percy.

Early History of the Loving family

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Loving Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lovaine, Lovayne, Loverne, Loving, Luving, Lovings, Luvayn, Luvayne, Loveyn, Loveyne, Lovaigne, Louverne, Lavainge, Lavayne, Louvaine, Louvayne and many more.

Early Notables of the Loving family

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Loving Ranking

In the United States, the name Loving is the 3,876^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 3

Loving migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Loving Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

A Loving, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 4

Loving Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mabelle Loving, aged 35, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Baltic" from Liverpool, England 5
Lawrence Loving, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Lake Ormoc" from Guantanamo 5
Raymond F. Loving, who arrived in New York City, New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Riverside Bridge" from Swansea, Wales 5
Joseph Loving, aged 21, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Korona" from St. Kitts, B.W.I. 5
R. F. Loving, aged 21, who arrived in New York in 1921 aboard the ship "Riverside Bridge" from Constantinople, Turkey 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Loving (post 1700) +

William C. III Loving, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Michigan State Senate 3rd District, 1960 6
Charles N. Loving, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Virginia State House of Delegates, 1950 6
Susan Brimer Loving, American lawyer, Oklahoma's first female Attorney General
Candis "Candy" Loving (b. 1956), American model
"Cockeyed" Frank Loving (1860-1882), American Old West gambler and gunman
Oliver Loving (1812-1867), American cattle rancher and pioneer, co-eponym of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, and eponym of Loving County, Texas
George G. Loving Jr., American fighter pilot and flying ace in the U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II, credited with 5 aerial victories

Historic Events for the Loving family +

HMS Repulse

Mr. David William John Llewellyn Loving (b. 1914), British Electrical Artificer 4th Class, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and survived the sinking, died of wounds received the day after 7

Citations +

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)
Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 2 of 3
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html