Horsman

Horsman One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Horsman

Variants: Horsaman, Horseman

Category: 2 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way, but currently in some countries only.

Website: horsman.one-name.net

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Horsman

Contact: Sue Horsman

About the study

Welcome to the Horsman / Horseman One Name Study. My name is Sue Horsman, I live in the UK and have been researching my Family History for almost 30 years, and have been doing a One Name Study for over 25 years.

As with most One Name Studies, my interest began with researching my own family tree. Sadly I can only trace my own direct line as far back as 1808, when John Horseman married Hannah Tiffany at Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire. However in my efforts to find John's death I started to collect all instances of the name, and soon built up comprehensive trees for the Hors(e)man families in the area.Members of the various families subsequently migrated away from Yorkshire, and I have traced many of these to their new destinations, both in the UK and overseas.

A significant number Hors(e)man families are to be found in several other areas of the country, especially London, Lancashire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon and Warwickshire. I have also researched the families in these areas.

If you are a Hors(e)man or have Hors(e)man ancestry do get in touch with me. I cannot promise that I have information on your line, but will do my best to help.

Can you help me?

Have you any Birth, Death or Marriage certificates for your Horsman / Horseman family members ?

Would you be willing to share them with me? I do not upload certificates to my web site.

If you have any certificates, or photographs, please get in touch. Thanks

Variant names

The registered surname is Horsman, with the variants Horseman and Horsaman.

Whilst the surnames Horsman and Horseman occur across the country, the variant Horsaman appears to have developed in the East Riding of Yorkshire from one particular family.

Anyone using Ancestry and FMP may like to bear in mind that the surname is often mis indexed as Hars(e)man or Hers(e)man. I've submitted corrections where I have found them.

Name origin

English (Yorkshire): occupational name for a stable worker, from the Old English hors 'horse' + mann 'man'.The Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames has a different definition: Occup. or official, 'the horseman' either a mounted soldier or breeder of horses.

An alternative theory relating to the history of the name is provided by the historian, Reginald Horsman, who having researched early parish registers, suggests that the name may have derived from Ouseman, (from families living near the River Ouse); and that it gradually developed into Horsman or Horseman.

Historical occurrences of the name

Sir Thomas Horsman was born in about 1536 and died in 1610. He acquired land in Lincolnshire after the dissolution of the monasteries, although he appeared to live at the Savoy area of London. He is buried in London, but there is a large effigy to him in the church of Burton Pedwardine. This family was only continued down the female line.

Sir Thomas

Margery Horsman- was a maid of honor to Henry VIII's first three queens and a member of the households of the last three. She may have been the 'one maiden more' who was the third of three women who supposedly made accusations against Anne Boleyn in 1536, but a report by Sir William Kingston suggests she was loyal to the queen. Margery married Sir Michael Lister of Hurstbourne, Hampshire (d.1551), as his second wife, on June 27, 1537 and with her husband served jointly as Keeper of the Queen's Jewels.

Data

Data Collection
GRO Births 1837 - 1960

GRO Deaths 1837 - 1960

GRO Marriages 1837 - 1960

Probate (from the national probate index) 1858 - 1953

Pre 1858 Probate Records

I have an extensive collection of wills proved in the PCC, and at York; as well as many from Durham, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and other counties where the name was common|

DNA

In 2007 I set up a DNA project with Family Tree DNA and have several members. Five of these have Yorkshire ancestors, with the others having Devon and Lincolnshire roots.

We have managed to prove that three of the Yorkshire members are connected to the same family. This is good news for the two members who were struggling with brick walls!I hope more people will join, so that we can try and identify links between the various branches of the family - both home and abroad.

If you are a male Hors(e)man, please get in touch if you would like to get involved.

Links

To join the Horsman DNA project, please follow this link:Join the DNA Project

To visit the Horsman DNA Project Results page, please follow this link:Results so far

Contact Details

Sue Horsman

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Horsman in the Guild Indexes

(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)

Marriages of the World (public) 15
Modern Newspaper Index 13
Marriage Index 1837-1945* 1405
Probate Index* 10
World Wide Marriages Index* 7
BMD Index* 82
Members' Data Stores in which the name Horsman appears* 9
References to the name Horsman in the Guild Journal 9

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