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Origin: Two Hoskins were among the Norman invaders who accompanied William the Conquerer as he overran King Harold's army late in 1066. The name Hoskins is found predominantly in the Suffolk/London section of Southeastern England. The main Virginia Hoskins clan descends from Bartholomew Hoskins who came to Virginia from England in 1614. He was a son of John Hoskins, barrister and member of Parliament who committed funds to the settlements in Virginia by 1606. Bartholomew appears to have had a brother named Bennet or Bennett Hoskins who may have emigrated to eht eastern shore of area of Virginia/Maryland some years later, but that is conjectural and lacking proof at this time. Another Hoskins family may have arisen in New England as well. The Virginia Hoskins regard Higham Castle near Cumberland, England as their ancestral home, and their coat of arms is identical to that at Higham Castle.
Surnames: Haskins, Hodgkins, Horskins, Hosking, Hoskins
Submitted by: Charles R. Hoskins
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: The primary sence is a head or leader, Gaelic,(CAENN),Welsh, (CUN), a head a leader. Saxon, (CYNG), and nearly the same in all Teutonic dialects. The KING family was seated in the Vicinity of Ugborough, England as early as 1389.
Surnames: King
Submitted by: Tim King
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: M?nsterland / Deutschland
Surnames: Herking
Submitted by: Guenter Mielczarek
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Origin: VIRES aka Viars, Viers, Viar, Vier all are variations of the French name Via. The Via came to VA in the 1660's from France as a result of the Huegonot persecutions. The first recorded member of the family was AMER VIA. All that is known of him is that he was from France and he settled in Mannikintown VA.
Surnames: VIRES, VIAR, VIER, VIARS, VIARS, GIBBS, HOLLON, KING, SIZEMORE
Submitted by: Raymond E Vires
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Origin: McNamaras in South America? I am looking for descendants of my great uncle who migrated to Paraqay in the 1890s.
Surnames: King
Submitted by: Annette Perry-Smith
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Pilkingtons in Lancashire, England
Surnames: PILKINGTON
Submitted by: Tracy
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Kingham family in the UK
Surnames: Kingham
Submitted by: Graham Thomas
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Brooking-Brookings-Brookin--Brookins People who live by the Brook.(from The Brooking society in England)
Surnames: Brookings
Submitted by: Edward Lord
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Definiton: Derivation of "brook," or a small stream. Also a name given to thoses who came from Brooksbank, the name of several places in England derived from Middle English "brokes" for brook and "bank" for bank. Just about as many origins as there are steams.
Surnames: Brooks, Brook, Broke, Brooking, Brookings, Brooksbank
Submitted by: Alison
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Kingsley
English origin means from the kings wood/meadow
Surnames: Kingsley
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Although the origin of the name is uncertain, students incline to think it was derived from the practice of holding mock pageants and ceremonies in the olden times. The person assigned to the part of king took that surname forever after. The Kings are descended from early English stock. Some thirty-eight coats-of-arms are listed as belonging to the family, while fifteen others are borne by families who spell the name Kinge. Other forms of spelling are Kynge and Kyng. The coat-of-arms borne by the American ancestors who founded the family in New England is: Sable, on a chevron or, between three crosses-crosslet of the last, three escallops of the first. An esquire's helmet surmounts the shield. The King family was seated in the vicinity of Ugborough, Devonshire, England, as early as 1389. Fowelscombe in the parish of Ugborough, an estate of large extent, has been the property of the King family for a long term of years, although the manor house is out of repair and untenanted, in the early part of this century. William and James King, who came to America, go back to the medieval days.
Surnames: King, Kyng, Kynge
Submitted by: DP
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: Robert Ferguson in his book "English Surnames and their place in the Teutonic Family" accredits the origin of the name Hook and similar names to Hoce and Hoking, mythical personages of the Frisian people. These people lived on the sea coast and islands adjacent to what is now Holland and Denmark and were themselves a branch of that early Northman tribe that later conquered England. The Hokings are mentioned in the bard's song "Hnaef Ruled the Hokings" and in other poems, some by Beowulf.
Mr. Kemble, referring to these people in the Archaeological Journal, says that Hoce is "a really mythical personage, the heros eponymus of the Frisian Tribe, the founder of the Hocings and a progenitor of the imperial race of Charlemagne."
Mark Anthony Lower in. his book entitled "English Surnames" associates the name with the sea which has given such surnames as Turbett, Sprat, Hooker, Fisher, Ling and Line.
One branch of the primitive family accompanied the Normans to France in the ninth century. Other branches drifted inland and probably gave the Hoock family to Holland, and the Hok, Hoak, Hoce and Hoke families to Germany and Saxony. Descendants of all of these families have since found their way to America.
Shortly after William of Normandy conquered England, a sturdy Norman named Eustace de la Hooke held land in knights fee near Kingsley. It is thought that he was the ancestor of the Hooke family in England. His name is listed in Domesday Book. The name as written clearly indicates its French character and shows that it must have been in France for several generations before appearing in England. Hook Manor, around which is woven a charming story of old feudal times, still exists in the manner of a small village south of London.
The genealogical line is not clear for several centuries, but records indicate that the family flourished and was identified with the great movements both civic and military that were going on in England at the time.
In the 15th century-about 1450 Richard Hooke of County of Surrey was born who later married the daughter of a family of Eton by the name of Payne. A son of this union was Thomas Hooke of Dumfold who married Eden, the daughter of John Alley of Surrey.
Thomas Hooke and Eden his wife had two sons, Henry and Thomas, and very probably another son, William, who lived near London in 1563. Henry Hooke married a daughter of a Mr. Payton of County Surrey and became the progenitor of the Bramshott Hookes. Thomas was knighted and became Governor of the Poor Knights of Windsor and left many descendants.
Ref.: Harleian Mms., N. Y. Public Library. "Rural Life in Hampshire" by W. W. Capes. Other references as noted
Surnames: Hook, Hoce, Hooke, Hoking
Submitted by: DP
Origin of king, Meaning of king
Origin: My Grandfather told me that the name is Cornish and in Cornish means "Pool in the Corner". The Polkinghorn Manor in Cornwall resides along a stream at a strong bend. The water is deep enough to swim in making it a pool in the corner
Surnames: Polkinghorn
Submitted by: William Polkinghorn
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