The Onan name originated in France. The earliest name on record in this country is contained in a list of French refugees (Huguenots) arriving at King William's Town in Virginia aboard the Peter and Anthony out of London, England in 1700. Here, in the Virginia Historical Society Collections, Vol. 5, New Series, pages 24 and 27, is set down the name of Jean Onan, his wife and one child.
Onan researchers in my family have said in regards to various spellings of the Onan name that "the old folks knew how to spell their name, and that ONAN was not a misspelling of O'Nan." Most families today spell their surname with the latter but back in history it is always Onan.
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