| ![Show Contents]() Pettingill History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England The surname Pettingill was derived from the Middle English word "Portingale" which may have been given to an immigrant from Portugal or in some cases the surname may be no more than a nickname for someone who had business connections with Portugal. 1 2 3 Early Origins of the Pettingill familyThe surname Pettingill was first found in Suffolk where Walterus filius Portingalliae was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1201. William Potagal was recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls for Leicestershire in 1214, and Symon Petingal appears at Oseney, Oxfordshire in 1278. 1 Of note was Francis Lewis (1713-1802), American merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. His mother was Anne Lewis (née Pettingale) of Newport. Early History of the Pettingill familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pettingill research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1520, 1569, 1574, 1576, 1589, 1607, 1816 and 1909 are included under the topic Early Pettingill History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pettingill Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Petingale, Pettengill, Pettingale, Pettengill, Pettingall, Petnal, Pettnall, Pettnel, Pettinell, Pettinall, Pettengell and many more. Early Notables of the Pettingill familyAnother 28 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pettingill Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Pettingill migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Pettingill Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Richard Pettingill, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1641 4
| Pettingill migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Pettingill Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Mr. Daniel Pettingill U.E. born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1786 son of Matthew Pettingill 5
- Mr. Matthew Pettingill U.E. (b. 1736) born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1786 he died in 1817 5
- Mr. Thomas Pettingill U.E. born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1786 son of Matthew Pettingill 5
| Contemporary Notables of the name Pettingill (post 1700) | + |
- Joyce Adele Pettingill (1940-2014), birth name of Karuna Dharma, an American Buddhist scholar and monk, the first American-born woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist monk
- Kerry Pettingill (b. 1958), retired American police officer, 25th Chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (2011-2013), Director of the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security (2004-2011)
- Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr. (1907-2001), American naturalist, author and filmmaker, president of the Wilson Ornithological Society from 1948 to 1950, Life Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union
- Kathleen Pettingill (b. 1935), Australian matriarch of the Melbourne based criminal family, the Pettingill family, their exploits were the inspiration for the film Animal Kingdom and TV series Janus and Phoenix
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- 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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
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Pettingill migration to the United States 
Pettingill migration to Canada 
