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From colonial times, the Hance family has been involved in American history. The majority of Hance immigrants identified their origin as England or Great Britain, however, another large contingent called Ireland home and Scotland was certainly involved in sending Hances to the new world! Each of these Hance families possibly have a common ancestor and DNA can tell us the story!
Hance Name Meaning and History according to Ancestry.com -
..English: patronymic from the personal name Hann.
..English: plural form of Hand.
..Scottish: shortened form of Machans, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis, a patronymic from the personal name Aonghus (see Angus). Compare McInnes.
..French: derivative of German Hans.
..Dutch: from an aphetic form of the personal name Johannes (see John).
According to the Internet Surname database:
Surname: Hann
Recorded as Hann, Han, Hain, Hane and the patronymics Hance, Hanns, Hannis, Hanson and Hansom, this is is a surname of early medieval English origin. It is a form of the earlier pre 7th century Anglo-Saxon and Germanic personal name Johan, itself from the Hebrew name "Yochanan", meaning Jehovah has favoured (me with a son), or perhaps "May Jehovah favour (this child)". However, in some cases, the name may be from the personal name Henry, which is composed of the Germanic elements "haim", meaning home, and "ric", power, or even from Randolph, which is also from a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements "rand", meaning the rim (of a shield), and "wolf", a wolf. Amongst the many recordings in early surviving rolls and registers are Henry Hanne of Liverpool in 1323, Richard Hannesonne of Nottingham in 1327 during the reign of King Edward 111rd of England 1327 - 1377. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Variants for the surname Hance may include the following:
Hann, Han, Hain, Hane, Hance, Hanns, Hannis, Hanson, Hansom
Hance Name Meaning and History according to Ancestry.com -
..English: patronymic from the personal name Hann.
..English: plural form of Hand.
..Scottish: shortened form of Machans, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis, a patronymic from the personal name Aonghus (see Angus). Compare McInnes.
..French: derivative of German Hans.
..Dutch: from an aphetic form of the personal name Johannes (see John).
According to the Internet Surname database:
Surname: Hann
Recorded as Hann, Han, Hain, Hane and the patronymics Hance, Hanns, Hannis, Hanson and Hansom, this is is a surname of early medieval English origin. It is a form of the earlier pre 7th century Anglo-Saxon and Germanic personal name Johan, itself from the Hebrew name "Yochanan", meaning Jehovah has favoured (me with a son), or perhaps "May Jehovah favour (this child)". However, in some cases, the name may be from the personal name Henry, which is composed of the Germanic elements "haim", meaning home, and "ric", power, or even from Randolph, which is also from a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements "rand", meaning the rim (of a shield), and "wolf", a wolf. Amongst the many recordings in early surviving rolls and registers are Henry Hanne of Liverpool in 1323, Richard Hannesonne of Nottingham in 1327 during the reign of King Edward 111rd of England 1327 - 1377. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Variants for the surname Hance may include the following:
Hann, Han, Hain, Hane, Hance, Hanns, Hannis, Hanson, Hansom