origin
From Stirnet's "Heron01" page (link below): "This family is supposed to have derived its name from an ancestor who was nicknamed 'Heron' because he had long legs. BEB1844 (Heron of Chipchase) starts with a Sir John Heron of Ford who was 'one of the soldiers of the Conqueror' and who married a daughter of Sir William Chipches, the Saxon lord of Chipches Castle, but that seems odd given that Ford may not have come into the family until a later generation."
other versions of this surname
links
- https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/heron01.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
- https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/heron02.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
- https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/heron03.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
- https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/herne1.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
- https://archive.is/6YqDg
- https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/Heron/
- https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/heron/