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Origin of Hunt Total Records: 3  Origin of Hunt, Meaning of Hunt Origin: There is at the College of Heraldry, in London, a 'Coat of Arms' granted to the Huntings, as is supposed, owing to its simplicity, sometime during the Eleventh Century.%0a%0aIn 'Ferguson's English Surnames' we find as follows: 'In a roll call of German Officers, given by Mameramis, in 1550 AD, are the names of Hundt, Huntus, and Hontus. Hence, Hunting being a patronymic form, is still more probably the same as Hunding.' The Hundings (Hundingus) are supposed to have been the people of Hundland, which is now a part of Denmark.%0a%0aAgain Ferguson says 'English (Hunting), German (Huntingus), Anglo-Saxon (Huntingas).%0a%0aThe first Hunting in America used but one 't' in spelling his name, but those who descended from his grandson Nathaniel use two.%0a%0aThis information is taken from 'The Hunting or Huntting Family in America' published in 1888. Surnames: Hunting, Huntting Submitted by: Edward H. Smith Origin of Hunt, Meaning of Hunt Origin: Female Ettie, married to William Ross, in 1880 on Pike Co. IN Census as 5years old. Surnames: Whisenhunt Submitted by: Patty Stutsman Origin of Hunt, Meaning of Hunt Origin: The surname Hunter is obviously derived from the chase, in old times a necessary art, as well as a favorite diversion and pastime. The Normans were great preservers and mighty hunters of game, and though the name is Anglo-Saxon it is generally considered that families bearing it are chiefly Norman in origin. Under the Normans and the early Scottish kings the office of king's hunter (Venator Regis) was one of considerable dignity. 'The hunter of Polmood in Tweedsmuir pretend to have had a charter of their lands from Graeme, who broke the wall of Antoninus in the fifth century', says Folks of Shields. Surnames: Hunter Submitted by: History of West Virginia 2/16/2012 12:57 AM Page 1 of 1

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