Hatch (surname)

Origins

Hatch is a name derived from an old Anglo-Saxon word Hacche, meaning a door or floodgate, consisting of great stakes put up by fishermen to help in securing fish. Hacche is also a term for a bar across a woodland path to prevent deer escaping. If Henry lived near a hacche, he would be called Henry atte hacche and finally, Henry Hatch. Richard atte Hacche and Phillip de la Hacche are names in old records. The name first appears in the Domesday Book in the form of “Hache.” Hache also means a small ax among French speaking people. The Hatch (written differently ‘Hacche; Hach’) family was established as landowners in Devonshire at an early period. The Hatch family of Ardee Castle in County Louth, Ireland, has the same coat of arms as the Cornwall and Devonshire families.

Hatch families in America and Canada

Thomas Hatch of Barnstable, MA:

• Thomas Hatch, originally of Devonshire, England, and later of Dorchester, MA, Yarmouth, MA and Barnstable, MA was the first of the HATCH name to arrive and stay in the New World. Thomas arrived with his wife, Grace, and his two children Jonathan and Lydia sometime before early 1634. He was made a freeman of Dorchester, Massachusetts on the 14th of May in 1634. On January 7, 1639 he was one of those listed on a grant to form a new township named Yarmouth on Cape Cod. By June of 1641 he had moved to next-door Barnstable, MA. Beautiful Barnstable remained his home until his death in 1661.
• Thomas Hatch of Barnstable is an acenstor of at least two American Presidents, including Ulysis S. Grant and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Elder William Hatch of Scituate, MA:

• Elder William Hatch son of John Hatch, originally of Wye, County Kent, England and later Sandwich, County Kent, England came first to New England on the Hercules in the spring of 1634-5 with his wife, Jane, five children and six servants. (Some accounts say that he brought his family later, in 1638) He settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, building a house on Kent Street. He returned to England and then returned in 1638, probably with his brother Thomas (1596?-1646?) and sister, Elizabeth Soan and their families. In 1643 he was selected at the first ruling elder of the Second Church of Scituate. In addition to his brother Thomas, he had another brother John who remained in England.

Thomas Hatch of Scituate, MA:

• Thomas Hatch, son of John Hatch, originally of Wye, County Kent, England, arrived in America with his wife Lydia and their five children, presumably in 1638. He is known as “Thomas Hatch of Scituate” since he lived out his life in Scituate, Massachusetts. In addition to his brother William, he had another brother John who remained in England.

Charles Hatch of Richmond Island, ME:

• Charles Hatch was the son of John Hatch, baptized at Newton Ferrers, County Devonshire 5 Sep 1613. He was probably a fisherman who first came to Richmond Island in 1633 and then came again in 1634. He came to stay in America (leaving a wife in England) arriving on 13 Feb 1636-7 with his brother Philip . He might have had no descendants in America since the administration of his affairs upon his death was granted to his brother on 29 Jun 1654.

Philip Hatch of Richmond Island, ME:

• Phillip Hatch was the son of John Hatch, baptized baptized at Newton Ferrers, County Devonshire, 28 Dec. 1616. He was a fisherman who came to Richmond Island in The Hercules 13 Feb 1636-37 with his brother Charles. He was alive on 4 Jul 1671 and “some few years deceased” in 1674. He is elsewhere noted to be of Kittery, and was admitted as a freeman in 1652.

John Hatch of Charles County, MD:

• John Hatch imigrated to Charles County, MD circa 1632.

John Hatch (Hache) of Exeter, NH:

• John Hatch (Hache) imigrated to Exeter, NH circa 1684.

Anthony Hatch of Norfolk, VA:

• Anthony Hatch imigrated to Norfolk, VA circa 1688.

Zephaniah Hatch of Nova Scotia:

• Zephaniah Hatch imegrated to Nova Scotia circa 1835. A native of England, he was born about 1800. Family oral history has him landing at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with two unknown brothers. The port of entry was probably Barnstable, in about 1820-1822.

David Hatch of Halifax, NS:

• David Hatch imigrated to Halifax, NS circa 1907 or before.

Notable people with the last name Hatch

The surname Hatch may refer to:

• Annia Hatch, a Cuban-American gymnast, who competed at the 2004 Olympics
• Carl Hatch, a Democrat United States Senator from New Mexico, serving from 1933 until 1949
• David Hatch, (1939-2007), was involved in production and management at BBC Radio
• Edward Hatch, (1832-1889), an American general and Indian fighter
• Edwin Hatch, an English theologian
• George Hatch, a Democratic politician who was mayor of Cincinnati from 1861 to 1863
• Harry C. Hatch, (1884-1946), a self-made millionaire industrialist from Prince Edward County, Ontario
• Hector Hatch, a former Fijian sportsman, politician and civil servant
• Henry John Hatch, (1818 - 1895), a 19th century English clergyman sent to Newgate for indecent assault but subsequently pardoned
• Herschel H. Hatch (1837-1920), a U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Jack Hatch, the Iowa State Senator from the 33rd District
• John Porter Hatch, (1822-1901), an American soldier
• Mike Hatch, former attorney general of Minnesota
• Orrin Hatch, a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977
• Richard Hatch (actor), an American actor
• Richard Hatch (reality TV), winner of the first American Survivor series and contestant on Survivor: All-Stars
• Sidney Hatch, (1883-1966), an American athlete who competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics
• Thom Hatch, an American author
• Tony Hatch, an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer
• Wilbur Hatch, (1902-1969), an American music composer