Ysted History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Ysted family

The surname Ysted was first found in Sussex where "the Isteds belong to an old Sussex family conjectured to have come from Eysted, in Sweden, and to have settled in Sussex in the reign of Edward III. " 1

Another source provides more details of the origin: "Probably of local English origin-Highstead, 'the lofty situation.' The family have, however, a tradition of a derivation 'from Eysted, a large maritime town in the province of Schonen, in the kingdom of Sweden.' It is conjectured that they settled at Framfield, co. Sussex, temp. Edward III." 2

But another source postulates the "surname is derived from a geographical locality. probably 'of Irstead,' a parish in Norfolk, twelve miles from Norwich." 3

Helewis' de Heghested was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of 1296 for Sussex. Thomas Highstede (1473) and Lawrance Histed (1494) were both listed in Cambridgeshire. In this case the name is believed to have originated in Highstead in Sittingbourne, Kent.4

Early History of the Ysted family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ysted research. Another 159 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1076, 1084, 1135, 1406, 1510, 1523, 1547, 1553, 1554, 1557, 1600, 1610, 1621, 1631, 1662, 1692, 1702, 1703, 1732, 1740, 1778, 1799 and 1812 are included under the topic Early Ysted History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ysted 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. Ysted has been recorded under many different variations, including Isted, Istead, Istede, Ysted, Ystede, Ystead and others.

Early Notables of the Ysted family

John Isted (fl. 1523-1557), an English politician, Member of the Parliament for Hastings in 1547, March 1553 and April 1554. Edward Hasted (1732-1812) was an English antiquarian and pioneering historian of his ancestral home county of Kent, best known for his book, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent...
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Migration of the Ysted family

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 Ysted or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

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Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)