Stan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The name Stan is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the parish of Staines in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey. The latter appears in the Domesday Book 1 as "Stanes" derived from the Old English word "stan" and meant "place at the stones". 2

One of the first records of the name was Sir William Staine who married into the Yarboroughs of Heslington Hall about the year 1100.

Early Origins of the Stan family

The surname Stan was first found in Middlesex at Staines, a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Spelthorne. 3 4 5 6

Staines-upon-Thames, commonly referred to simply as Staines, is a town on the River Thames in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey (in the historic county of Middlesex.)

Early records also revealed Richard of Staines (or Richard de Stanes) (d. 1277), a English clerical judge who acted as an Itinerant Justice, then was appointed justice of the Court of King's Bench in 1209 and finally Lord Chief Justice in 1269.

Later Yorkshire was a place of note to the family. They may have given their name to a number of places in Yorkshire including several Staintons, Stainland, Stainforth or Stainburn.

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 include: Richard de Stanes in Kent 4 and later William de Staines, Kent, Henry III- Edward I (during the reign from Henry III-Edward I) 7

Over in Norfolk, William de Stanes, was rector of Welborne, Norfolk in 1328. 8

Early History of the Stan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stan research. Another 79 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1613, 1640, 1665, 1725, 1776, 1789, 1792, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1830 are included under the topic Early Stan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Stan Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Stan family name include Stain, Staine, Staines, Stane, Stanes, Stayn and others.

Early Notables of the Stan family

Distinguished members of the family include Sir Thomas Staines of Thanet; and Peter Stent (c. 1613-1665), from the early 1640s until his death, he was one of the largest printsellers in London. He died in the Great Plague of London and his business was taken over by John Overton.Sir Thomas Staines (1776-1830), Captain in the Navy, was born near Margate in 1776, and entered the navy in December 1789 on board the Solebay, in which he served on the West India station till May 1792. In December he joined the Speedy brig commanded by Captain Charles Cunningham, with whom he went...
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Stan migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Stan surname or a spelling variation of the name include :

Stan Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Henry Stan, aged 27, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship " Globe" 9
Paul Stan, who arrived in Virginia in 1662 10

Stan Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Achilles Stan, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 10

Stan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

B Stan, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 10
Johann Stan, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1872 10
John Stan, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1872 10

Contemporary Notables of the name Stan (post 1700) +

Caleb Stan Ralphs (b. 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Stan Struthers (b. 1959), Canadian politician, Minister of Municipal Government (2013-2014), Manitoba Minister of Finance (2011-2013), Manitoba Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (2009-2012)
Stan Shillington (b. 1935), Canadian former lacrosse historian, sportswriter and statistician, inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a builder in 1977
Stan Rogow (1948-2023), American music manager, writer, and producer of film and television
Stan Puls (1916-1998), American double-bassist
Stan Rofe (1933-2003), Australian DJ and music news reporter
Stan Savran (1947-2023), born Stanley George Savransky, an American media personality based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stan Le Lievre (1920-2003), Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (1945-1947)
Stan A Beyler, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stan Ackerley (b. 1942), English-born, Australian former footballer and coach from Manchester, Lancashire

Citations +

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Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Testa de Nevill or "Liber Feodorum" or "Book of Fees," thought to have been written by Ralph de Nevill, for King John (1199–1216)
Rye, Walter, A History of Norfolk. London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1885. Print
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's Retrieved January 6th 2023, retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)