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Early Origins of the Mathurin family

The surname Mathurin was first found in Kincardineshire (Gaelic: A' Mhaoirne), a former county on the northeast coast of the Grampian region of Scotland, and part of the Aberdeenshire Council Area since 1996, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Mathurin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mathurin research. Another 113 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1556, 1596, 1631, 1639, 1663, 1666, 1669, 1697, 1723, 1728 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Mathurin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mathurin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mather, Maider, Maddir, Mador, Madeer, Mathers and many more.

Early Notables of the Mathurin family

Notable amongst the Clan at this time was Sir Richard Maddir; Richard Mather (1596-1669), a Puritan clergyman in colonial Boston, Massachusetts; and his son, Nathaniel Mather (1631-1697), and English-born Independent minister from Much Woolton, Lancashire; Increase Mather (1639-1723), a Puritan minister who was involved with the government of the Massachusetts Bay...
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Mathurin Ranking

In France, the name Mathurin is the 5,265th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Ireland Migration of the Mathurin family to Ireland

Some of the Mathurin family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 68 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Mathurin family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Hugh, John, Laurence, Mathew, Thomas, William Mathers all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Joe Mather settled in Barbados in 1635; Richard Mather settled in Boston in 1635.


Contemporary Notables of the name Mathurin (post 1700) +

  • Jacques Mathurin Lafosse, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
  • Mathurin Gasnier, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Mathurin Cordier (1480-1564), (pen name Corderius), French pedagogue
  • Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723-1806), French zoologist and natural philosopher, best known for his Pesanteur Spécifique des Corps (1787), a significant work involving the "specific weight of bodies"
  • Mathurin Régnier (1573-1613), French satirist


The Mathurin Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Fortiter et celeriter
Motto Translation: Boldly and quickly.


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 25) Jacques Lafosse. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 5) Mathurin Gasnier. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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