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Early Origins of the Stennit family

The surname Stennit 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 Stennit family

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Stennit Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Stennit 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. "His father...
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United States Stennit migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stennit Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ralph Stennit, who landed in America in 1810 1


  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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