Stennet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Stennet family

The surname Stennet was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat. 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 1560 when Nicholas Stennett held a family seat in that shire.

Early History of the Stennet family

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Stennet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stennett, Stennet, Stennit, Stennitt, Stenett, Stenitt, Stenit and many more.

Early Notables of the Stennet family

Distinguished members of the family include

Joseph Stennett (1663-1713), English Seventh Day Baptist minister and hymnwriter from Abingdon, Berkshire...
He was second son of Edward Stennett (d. 1690?) by his wife Mary Quelch and was born at Abingdon, Berkshire...

Stennet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stennet Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Stennet, aged 46, who arrived in Maryland in 1684 1

Stennet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Walter Tyrell Stennet, aged 22, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1812 1
Walter Stennet, who settled in Boston in 1812

Contemporary Notables of the name Stennet (post 1700) +

Clint Stennet, American Democratic State Senator

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)