Fritter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

The Fritter surname finds its roots in a Germanic personal name derived from of the word "frid" meaning "peace."

Early Origins of the Fritter family

The surname Fritter was first found in Bavaria, Brandenburg, Prussia, and Sweden, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century on the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Fritter family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fritter research. Another 167 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1547, 1590, 1636, 1647, 1654, 1686, 1697, 1715, 1721, 1725, 1730, 1742, 1766 and 1775 are included under the topic Early Fritter History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fritter Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fritze, Fritzsch, Fritzsche, Frick, Fritts and many more.

Early Notables of the Fritter family

Notables of the time with the name Fritter included Nikodemus Frischlin (1547-1590), a great humanist, who traveled throughout Europe; Samuel Fritz (1654-c.1725), a Czech Jesuit missionary from Trautenau, Bohemia, noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin. Between 1686 and 1715, he founded thirty-eight missions along the length of the Amazon River.Barthold Fritz, the celebrated mechanician and maker of instruments...
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Fritter migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fritter Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Robert Fritter, aged 20, who landed in Virginia in 1635 1
Mary Fritter, who arrived in Virginia in 1648 1

Fritter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Frederick Fritter, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1870 1
Henry Louis Fritter, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 1

Fritter migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Fritter Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Fred Fritter, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Montrose" in 1883

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)