A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Haseman family of Netherlands.
legStrength and swiftnessJ. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“D'or à une jambe de cerf, au nat., posée en pal, le genou à dextre.”
The Haseman arms were recorded in Netherlands, c. 1815.
Arms such as these were typically recorded in Friesland.
Friesland was low, wet country on the northern coast of the Netherlands, farmed by families who had held the same land for centuries. Free landholders were unusually common there, and a free landholder could carry arms.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Netherlands in this period.
Reigning in Netherlands when the Haseman arms are first recorded.
In the Netherlands, coats of arms were often used by noble families and those who held specific public offices. These arms were passed down through the generations to legitimate descendants. Younger branches of a family usually kept the original design without needing to add special marks. This system ensured that the family identity remained clear and consistent over many years.
The surname Haseman traces its roots to the northern regions of Europe, with a documented presence in the province of Friesland by 1815. The name likely originated as a descriptive occupational or locational identifier, common in Germanic and Frisian naming traditions where families were often identified by their trade or the specific landscape they inhabited. During the early nineteenth century, the people bearing this name were part of a society deeply connected to the maritime and agricultural rhythms of the Dutch coast. As the Napoleonic era concluded and the Kingdom of the Netherlands was established, official civil registration records began to formalize these family identities. This period marked a transition where local surnames became permanently fixed in legal documents, allowing us to track the family’s movement and growth within the Frisian community during a time of significant political change.
A Germanic term referring to a hare or a swift runner.
