Hanacre is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.
Hanacre is a variation of Henniker. The ancestors of Lord Henniker were a mercantile family from Germany, who settled in London early in the XVIII. century. Origin of the last name is not yet known, possibly from the German Henker, a hang or executioner. That the executioner's employ, like other occupations, occasionally became a surname, is shown in the following anecdote:
"Resolute, of late years, was the answer of Verdugo, a Spaniard, commander in Friseland to certain of the Spanish nobility, who murmured, at a great feast, that the sonne of a Hang-man should take place above them (for so he was, as his name importeth). Gentlemen (quoth he) question not my birth, or who my father was; I am the sonne of mine own Desert and Fortune; if any man dares as much as I have done, let him come and take the table's end with all my heart."
Peacham's Compleat Gentleman.
Surname Hanacre is the variation of Henniker. The ancestors of Lord Henniker were a mercantile family from Germany, who settled in London early in the XVIII. century. Origin of the last name is not yet known, possibly from the German Henker, a hang or executioner. That the executioner's employ, like other occupations, occasionally became a surname, is shown in the following anecdote:
"Resolute, of late years, was the answer of Verdugo, a Spaniard, commander in Friseland to certain of the Spanish nobility, who murmured, at a great feast, that the sonne of a Hang-man should take place above them (for so he was, as his name importeth). Gentlemen (quoth he) question not my birth, or who my father was; I am the sonne of mine own Desert and Fortune; if any man dares as much as I have done, let him come and take the table's end with all my heart."
Peacham's Compleat Gentleman.