The origin of the name Hunt is English and the Coat of Arms contains Blue on a bend between two water carriers, three red leopards faces. The Crest is A Halbert.
Spelling variations include: Hunt, Feighney, Feighty, Fey and others.
First found in Shropshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alice Hunt settled in Virginia in 1654; Edward Hunt settled in Virginia in 1655; James Hunt settled in Virginia in 1636; John Hunt settled in Virginia in 1622.
