Hemingway
One-Name Study

Topics

• About the Hemingway One-Name Study
• Variants
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Hemingway One-Name Study

The Hemingway One-Name Study started in 1996 and has grown ever since. A Journal is available to subscribers and there is a Mailing List operating to support research into UK Hemingways. There is also a DNA Project underway to help ascertain origins of the different lines. Details of all these and much material about various Hemingways include a wealth of information about Hemingway Wills etc can be found on the main website at http://www.hemingway.uk.com

Variants

Whilst I have around 48 known variants that I have picked up in research, the vast majority of these are really 'spelling mistakes'. More conventionally accepted variants include Hemmingway, Hemenway Hemyngway(e) etc, but I am uncertain if Hem(m)ington is a variant or not.

Origin of the surname

The Hemingway name is definitely centred in the former West Riding of Yorkshire and more particularly in the Halifax area. The origin is certainly local and probably comes from a lost village. The earliest recorded reference found to date is from the 1307 Court Rolls of Wakefield that mention Richard De Hemnygway of Hipperholme.

Historical occurrences

Probably the person that springs to mind is the author Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 to 1961). Ernest was born in Illinois, son of Clarence Hemingway and Grace Hall. He was their second of six children. The Ernest Hemingway line is traced back to a Ralph Hemenway who was born circa 1603 and married in Robury, Mass in 1634. See http://www.hemingway.uk.com for more detail about Ralph Hemenway.

There are of course other famous Hemingways, but the one that I am most keen to learn about is one that is reputed to have been Physician to King Henry VIII. If anyone can help me with this chap, I would be grateful.

DNA project

We have a Hemingway DNA Project underway. There are currently about twenty-two participants and full details are available on the website http://www.hemingway.uk.com The project is open to all - but given that it is a Y-Chromosome project, you need to be a male so if you are a female Hemingway, please get your brother, father or a male cousin to participate.

Links

Hemingway One-Name Study website http://www.hemingway.uk.com

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mr Maurice Hemingway
5 Rectory Leys,
Offord D'Arcy,
Cambridgeshire
PE19 5SQ
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

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