Family possibly came from Misson or Misterton. 'One of the old Misson families was the Styrings, none of whom now live in the village. It was said that this family was also of Dutch descent but research into the family history has shown the name to be of Scandinavian origin. However the name is one of the first to be entered into the records of Misson, which date from 1600'. Source
1610 George Gibson of Stillingfleet married Mary Styring of Doncaster, Widow.
William Styring of Misson had a daughter Mary who married James Northorpe of Misson. By 1781 Mary and William her father were deceased.
William Styring, of Austerfield, married Ann Rodgers, of Rotherham, by license, at Rotherham on 23 May 1826.
Charles Henry Styring m. Caroline Shaw 7 Nov 1836 Rotherham
In 1827 John Styring of Wickersley, a farmer, leased land at Austerfield to to Robert Pemberton Milnes of Thorne.
John Styring married Mary Shore at Wickersley 23rd October 1808. Children, born Wickersley:
Agnes Styring married Albert Street, a Saddler
The Styrings had been at the Brecks in 1851 and in 1871 Henry F. Styring was farming there.
Living at South St Coppin Lane, Wickersley in 1881:
John and Lucy also had a daughter Mary Annie christened 17/11/1875. By 1891 Lucy was a widow and she was living with her children at the farm of Albert Street.
On 15th November, 1878, a partnership was dissolved between Styring and Baker, Quarry Owners.
Bernard Styring, with his brother Harold, ran Styring Brothers Transport. Messrs. Styring Bros. had a Garage opposite the bottom of Green Lane. In 1953 they were operating a large fleet of lorries over an extensive area including the counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, and Lincolnshire, having progressed with modern methods from the two teams of horses with which their late father hauled the products of the Wickersley Grind Stone industry from the quarries to the Sheffield Cutlers.
Note (Source: Rotherham Archives): Thomas STYRING, born 1806 at Sheffield married in 1823 at Rotherham to Mary DOBB, born 1796 at Whiston
John Dobb Styring, eldest son of Thomas Styring Esq of The Brecks married to Matilda, youngest daughter of the late William Hoyland of Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire, on 2nd December, 1851, at Wickersley. See Whiston Website
(Thomas) Henry, a farmer and Betsy Styring had a son Edmund christened 17/11/1858, and a daughter Florence christened 14/8/1859. In 1871 living at The Brecks
Thomas, a farmer and Ann Styring had a son John Thomas christened 2/2/1862.
Names connected with Styring: Aldam, Dobb, Graham, Street