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HARVEY FAMILY CONNECTIONS
Herve was a minstrel of ancient Brittany. His name, which means "battle-worthy", was introduced into England perhaps in legend or in song at the time of the Conquest.
The first English census was ordered by William the Conqueror in 1086 and the names of the citizens were recorded in what is known as the Doomsday Book. Both a Herveus and a Herueu de Berruarius appear in the book of that year. The name of William Hervi or Herevi is recorded on the Kalendar of Abbot Samson in 1190 and again on the Curia Regis rolls of Suffolk in 1196. The vowel "a" found in the eastern regions of England is often replaced by an "e" in the west.
William Harvey (1578-1657), was the English physician who
discovered the circulation of the blood. It may seem incredible
that the circulatory system could have remained undiscovered
until the 17th century. Much earlier, even as early as Homer or
Plato, men realized that the blood was not stagnant in the body,but they imagined some sort of irregular movement, similar to the stop and go circulation of city traffic. They realized that theheart beat, but they attributed this to an expansion of the spirits which it contained. It was William Harvey who first realized that the heart was the motor power of the blood and that the circulation of the blood was regular and continuous. (See encyclopedic references of William Harvey.)
The Harvey name can also be found in Scotland and parts of Ireland.
It is, however, nearly always of English origin. In Ireland, it is found
predominantly in the province of Ulster, which was settled by English
Protestants. There is a small Irish sept in County Galway, whose
Gaelic name of O'hAirmheadhaigh has been Anglicized to Harvey.
The Harvey name arrived in America long before the Revolution.
In 1636, Thomas and William Harvey, originally of Somerset,
England, were recorded in the annals of Dorcester, Mass.
The coat of arms granted to this branch of the Harvey Family is
blazoned: "Sable, a fesse or, between three squirrels
sejant argent, cracking nuts of the second."
Source: A newspaper clipping sited in Harvey Connection
Compiled by Mary Lou Dawson
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*Robert Harvey b 1732 Worlingham m Mary Unknown
Issue: William Harvey b 1753 Wrenthan
Ann Harvey 1753 Wissett
*Robert Harvey b 1764 Benacre m Sarah Cooper
*Robert Harvey born abt 1764 in Benacre m Sarah Cooper
children
William Harvey born abt 1790 wissett m Elizabeth Bedingield Ann Harvey b 1792 Wissett
Christopher Harvey born 1794 Wissett M Rachel Baker
*Robert Harvey b 1794 Wissett m Ann Smith
Elijah Harvey b 1796 wissett m Caroline Gower abt 1837 Ringfield then second wife to Elizbeth Holland in 1823 Ringsfield.
Christopher Harvey b 1794 m Rachel Baker
children:
Sarah Harvey b 1822
Elijah Harvey b 1824 m Emily Reeve
Robert Harvey b 1826
Eliazabeth Harvey b 1830
John Harvey b 1833
*Robert Harvey b 1794 m Ann Smith
Issue: Elijah b. 1820 Suffolk England
arrived "TEMPLER" 1844
Elijah HARVEY m. (1) Ann HUTCHINSON
Issue: Phoebe Ann
William
Robert?
Robert
Harriet
Henry
Sophia
Ann
m. (2) Margaret GILL
Issue: Elijah
Amelia Catherine
James Gill
John
Mary Johanna
Selina Margaret
Robert HARVEY m. Harriet HORDER
Issue: Robert William
Albert Ernest
Walter Thomas
George Henry Elijah
Frederick Richard
Phoebe Ann
Henrietta m. George CLEAVER
Ethel May
Clarence Gordon
Roy Edward Macquarie m. Elcy Mabel TOMLINSON
Theodore Rupert
Lawrence
John
Royce E M HARVEY m.Elcy Mabel TOMLINSON
Issue: Gladys Ethel May
Frederick Richard William
Gladys Ethel May HARVEY (1) Harold Keith CAMERON
Issue: Doreen June HARVEY m. Kevin R FLEMMING
Gladys Ethel May HARVEY m. (2) William OAKLEY
Issue: Terry
Kevin
Colin
Eddie-John
