Hambelton meaning | Last name Hambelton origin

A variant of Hamilton. A corruption of Hambledon, a man, in Buckinghamshire - Parishes, etc., in counties Rutland, Lancaster, Buckingham, and York

William de Hambledon, a younger son of Robert de Beaumont, third earl of Leicester, "is said to have gone about the year 1215 into Scotland, where he was well received by Alexander II. From him sprang all the noble and other Scottish lines of Hamilton. A foolish tradition places the emigration of Hambledon from England to Scotland a century later, temp. Edward II., and connects it with his having taken part with themur derers of that King's favourite, Spenser. Compelled by the monarch's resentment to leave England, and being closely pursued into a forest, Hambledou and his squire changed clothes with a couple of woodmen, whom they accidentally met, and the better to sustain their assumed character, seized a saw and began to cut down a tree. While engaged in this act their pursuers passed by, and De Hambledon finding his attend ant's gaze directed towards them, hastily cried out "Through!" and thus diverted him from the imprudence of revealing his features to their view. From this circumstance, continues the legend, the Ha miltons borrowed their cres— 'an oak tree penetrated transversely in the main stem by a frame saw, and their motto THROUGH!"

The Hamiltons are a migratory race, and are to be found in almost every region of the world. In the kingdom of Sweden alone, there are three noble houses of this name, descended from officers who served Gustavus Adolphus in the 30 years' war. Grant's Memoirs of Sir John Hepburn.

The family name Hambelton is a variation of Hamilton. One who came from Hambleton meaning "bare or treeless hill," the name of several villages in England; one who lived at Hamela's farm or enclosure.