The surname ‘Holman’ is of English, Flemish, and Dutch origin. It is derived from the topographic name for a dweller in a hollow. It is also a topographic name for a dweller by a holly tree or on an island, from the Middle English word ‘holm’ and ‘man’. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Holman’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the thirteenth century were a ‘Walter Halloman’, from the county of Lincolnshire, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Holdman’. He emigrated to North America in 1775, sailing from the Port of Portsmouth aboard the ship named the ‘Ipswich’ on the 20th of March 1774, arriving in Jamaica on the 27th of the same year, where he was a storekeeper in His Majesty’s Yard. Today, ‘Holman’ is the ‘Nine hundred and fortieth’ most common …
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