Stallings History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Stallings family

The surname Stallings was first found in eastern Norfolk at Stalham, a post-town and parish, in the Tunstead and Happing incorporation, hundred of Happing. “The town or village is spacious, and a considerable trade in corn is carried on, for which there are commodious wharfs, one at Wayford Bridge, and another to the south. The church is a handsome structure in the early and later English styles, with a square embattled tower; it has the remains of a richly-carved screen, and the font is elaborately sculptured. ” [1]

The parish dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was recorded as Stalham. [2]The name probably means “homestead by the fishing pool,” from the Old English “stall” + “ham.” [3]

It is here that we find the first record of the family, Alfwin Stalun who was recorded in the Feet of Fines for 1202. From this earliest entry, the family quickly spread throughout ancient Britain. Alexander Stalon was found in the Subsidy Rolls for Worcestershire in 1275; and later, John Staloun in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1327. [4]

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed Nicholas de Stalham; Ralph Stalum; and Herbert Stalun as all holding lands in Norfolk at the time. [5]

Years later, again in Norfolk, Jeffrey de Stalham, was bailiff of Yarmouth in 1336; William de Stallon, bailiff of Norwich in 1367; and John de Stalham was listed there in 1370. [6]

Early History of the Stallings family

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Stallings Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stalling, Stallin, Stallun, Stalun, Stallen, Stallion, Stallon, Stallingburgh and many more.

Early Notables of the Stallings family (pre 1700)

Distinguished members of the family include John Stalham (d. 1681), English Puritan divine who was born in Norfolk, and although he is said to have been educated at Oxford, is doubtless the John Stalham who became sizar of Christ’s College, Cambridge, April 1617. His son John, admitted to the same college in 1667, was born at Terling, where the puritan divine was beneficed. He was ‘first preacher of the gospel’ at Edinburgh, and on 5 May 1632 was instituted vicar of Terling, Essex, in place of Thomas Weld, who… 
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Stallings Ranking

In the United States, the name Stallings is the 1,676^th most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. [7]

 Stallings migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were: 

Stallings Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Dani Stallings, who arrived in Jamestown, Va in 1607 [8]

Stallings Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Mrs. A. Stallings, who landed in America, in 1907
• Olive Stallings, aged 48, who settled in America, in 1912
• Andrew Stallings, aged 43, who immigrated to the United States, in 1912
• J.M. Stallings, aged 18, who landed in America from Port Arthur, in 1919
• Gilford L. Stallings, aged 24, who settled in America, in 1920
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