Remsen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Remsen family

The surname Remsen was first found in Derbyshire 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 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Remsen family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Remsen research. Another 142 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1381, 1382, 1393, 1395, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1415, 1455, 1458, 1487, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Remsen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Remsen 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 Remsen family name include Rempston, Rempson, Rempstone, Rempsen, Rempsan, Rempstan, Rempsun, Rampston, Rampson and many more.

Early Notables of the Remsen family

Distinguished members of the family include Sir Thomas Rempston (Ramston) (died 1406), Constable of the Tower and an MP, Knight of the Shire for Nottinghamshire (1381), which he also represented in the parliaments of 1382, 1393, and 1395, served as Sheriff of Nottinghamshire (1393), made his way to France to join the earl (1399), one of the fifteen lances who embarked with Henry at Boulogne and landed at Ravenspur (1399), on a commission to inquire into treasons in London and the neighbourhood (1400), and shortly after appointed admiral of the fleet from the Thames eastwards, made a knight of the Garter...
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Remsen 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 Remsen surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Remsen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Remmet Remsen, who landed in New York, NY in 1642 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Remsen (post 1700) +

Jacob D. Remsen, American Republican politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1900-04; Defeated, 1904; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904 2
Henry Remsen, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from New York County, 1784-85 2
Edward Remsen, American politician, Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, 2007 2
Colonel Henry Remsen Tilton (1836-1906), American Army surgeon, recipient of the Medal of Honor
H. Remsen Whitehouse, American politician, U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1884 3

Citations +

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html