The origin of the name Hanscom is English and the Coat of Arms contains A red shield displaying a cross and two estoiles. The Crest is A lion and two estoiles.
Spelling variations include: Handscomb, Hanscomb, Hanscombe, Handscombe, Handcome, Hanscom, Handscom, Hanscome and many more.
First found in Bedfordshire, where they were seated from very early times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Hanscombe, who settled in Salem, Mass. in 1635; Robert Hanscome, who sailed to Virginia in 1643; and Elizabeth Henchombe to Virginia in 1719.
