1,648thMost Common
surname in the World
1,648thMost Common
surname in the World
This surname is derived from an occupation. or offic. ‘the hunter.’ The earlier form is hunte; v. Hunt. While Hunt is very common I can only find one Hunter in the Hundred Rolls (1273). It became popular soon after, however, as our directories clearly prove.
Adam le Huntere, Close Roll, 52 Henry III.
Nicholas Hunter, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Thomas le Hunter, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
Tips to Understanding different counties:
Midlothian (formerly Edinburghshire)
Moray (formerly Elginshire)
Angus (formerly Forfarshire)
East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire)
West Lothian (formerly Linlithgowshire)
If you have some confusion as to why some counties contain a hyphen before the -shire suffix, it is to avoid the triple s that would otherwise result. Counties ending in a single s do not contain a hyphen.
Inverness-shire
Kinross-shire
Dumfriesshire
Peeblesshire
In Albany, New York Johannes, and Eva Van Aalsteyn were new settlers. Also, included are their two children:
Jochum, b. July 22, 1767
Elizabeth b. April 5, 1775