The origin of the name Canning is English and the Coat of Arms contains Three blackamoor's heads on a silver shield. The Crest is A lion holding a battle axe. The family motto is Dum vigilio tutus.
Spelling variations include: Canning, Cannings, Cannyng, Caning, Canings, Canyng and many more.
First found in Wiltshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Canninge who settled in Virginia in 1652; William Cannings settled in the Barbados in 1680 with his wife, two children, and servants; Elizabeth Canning landed in America in 1754.
