Thorn Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Thorn Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Thorn

The ancient history of the name Thorn was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Thorne, Thornes and Thorns. This is a locality name meaning 'at the thorns' from thorn bushes or clump of thorns, from a residence thereby. This name is of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in the above country. Examples of such are a Hugh Thorne, of County Cambridgeshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273. A John de Thorn of County Devonshire, was also recorded in the same year in this ancient document. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. In Ireland Thorn and its variants were introduced into Ulster by settlers from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. Thorn is also an occasional variant of Thoran and Thornton.