The Heneage Family
Origin: English
Motto: Toujours firme. Translated: Always firm.
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The vast movement of people that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066 brought the heneage family name to the British Isles. They lived in Lincolnshire, where the family were lords of the manor of Hainton.

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Heanage, Heneage, Henage, Heenage and others.

First found in Lincolnshire where they were Lords of the manor of Hainton, and Sir Robert de Heneage received a grant from Robert Blaoet who was Chancellor to King William Rufus.

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England.

The Walker Family
Origin: English/German
Motto: Honesta Quam Magna Translated: How Great are Honourable Deeds.
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The distinguished surname walker is of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin. It is derived from the Old English "wealcere," meaning "fuller," an occupation involving the scouring and thickening of raw cloth by beating it and trampling it in water. It is likely that the progenitor of this name held this occupation.

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name walker has appeared include Walker, Walkere and others.
First found in Yorkshire, where the walker family was seated from ancient times.
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home.

These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name walker arrived in North America very early: John Walker, Roger Walker, and Isabel Walker, who all immigrated to Virginia in 1623; Augustine Walker, who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630; James Walker, who arrived in St. Christopher in 1635.

The Danvers Family
Origin: English
Motto: Forte en loyalte Translated: Brave in Loyalty
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The ancestors of the danvers family brought their name to England in the wave of migration after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in Norfolk. They were originally from Anvers, Belgium, which is the French form of the name of the city of Antwerp. It is from this location that their surname derives.

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Danvers, D'Anvers, Denvers, Denver, Danver, Danvis and many more.

First found in Norfolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England.