Show ContentsLiptrot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The ancient origin of this name has baffled and confounded historians for many years. Many ascribe to it a German origin, much later than the Saxon invasion. Demographically this does not seem feasible. They do not look like they are Liebetruts, as Lower suggests. The only reasonable offering we can make is that the surname came down into Lancashire from the English/Scottish border. In the borders region, "trod," or "trot" was the term used for a pursuit posse. The law included both a hot trod (24 hours), and a cold trod (48 hours). It would seem quite feasible that an obscure Border Clan or family named Lip or Lipp, an old Aberdeenshire surname going back 1200 in Perthshire, to have adopted the name Liptrod.

Early Origins of the Liptrot family

The surname Liptrot was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat. It is possible that the surname came south to Lancashire from the English/ Scottish borders through Cumberland, Northumberland, and Dumfries down to Lancashire in about 1570 to 1603. The first records of the surname Liptrod were around the Bolton, Haigh, Lawton, and Chorley areas showing sudden proliferation of the name after about the year 1600.

Early History of the Liptrot family

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Liptrot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Liptrot, Liptrod, Lipptrod, Liptrott and others.

Early Notables of the Liptrot family

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United States Liptrot migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Liptrot Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Edmd Liptrot, who landed in Virginia in 1713 [1]
  • Edward Liptrot, who arrived in Virginia in 1715 [1]
  • Edward Liptrot, who settled in Virginia in 1715
Liptrot Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mr. John Liptrot, aged 23, British settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863
  • Mr. William Liptrot, aged 52, British settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863

Contemporary Notables of the name Liptrot (post 1700) +

  • Christopher George Liptrot (b. 1980), English Cricket player
  • John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886), English musical composer, conductor, pianist and singer

HMS Royal Oak
  • Frederick Liptrot (1914-1939), British Leading Cook (S) with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he died in the sinking [2]


  1. 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)
  2. Ships hit by U-boats crew list HMS Royal Oak (08) - (Retrieved 2018 February, 9th) - retrieved from https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship68.html


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