Solt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Solt family

The surname Solt was first found in Staffordshire at Salt with Enson, a township, in the parish of St. Mary and St. Chad, Stafford, union of Stafford about 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Stafford. 1

The township dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Selte. 2 As one would expect, the place name literally means "salt-pit, a salt works." 3

"This surname is very common in Staffordshire, in which county there is a village so called. In 1166, it is written Selte" 4 "Hugh de Salt held Salt of Philip de Chetwynd. From this tenure, and from the resemblance of the arms, it is probable that Salt was a cadet of Chetwynd. " 5

The Assize Rolls of Staffordshire listed Nicholas de Salt there in 1199. A few years later in 1203, William de Saut was recorded as holding lands in Staffordshire; and the Subsidy Rolls of Staffordshire in 1332 includes a listing for Hugh de Salt. 6

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 lists Ranulph de Saut, Cambridgeshire 7 and Ivo de Saut was found in Staffordshire, Henry III-Edward I (during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I). 8

"Salt, an ancient and a very common Staffordshire name, is exceedingly numerous in the Ashbourne district, on the borders of Derbyshire, in which county also it is well represented. Salt is the name of a Staffordshire village and district; and Salte of Salte was the original ancestor of the family. The Saltes of Yoxall were a family of gentry 300 years ago; in 1600 Mr. Walter Salt left a bequest for the poor tradesmen of Lichfield, and the name is still in that city." 9

Early History of the Solt family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Solt research. Another 122 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1597, 1599, 1621, 1775, 1780, 1788, 1808, 1810, 1813, 1827, 1838, 1845, 1862 and 1863 are included under the topic Early Solt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Solt Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Solt family name include Salt, Saut and others.

Early Notables of the Solt family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Henry Salt (1780-1827), English traveller and collector of antiquities, born at Lichfield, 14 June 1780, the youngest child of Thomas Salt, a Lichfield doctor, by his wife Alice, daughter of Cary Butt, another medical man of Lichfield. 10Thomas Salt (died 1788) of Rugeley, Staffordshire had John Stevenson Salt (1775-1845), an English barrister, banker and land owner...
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Solt Ranking

In the United States, the name Solt is the 12,134^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 11

Migration of the Solt family to Ireland

Some of the Solt family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 43 words (3 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 Solt family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Solt surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Samuel Salt who settled in Virginia in 1679; Joseph Salt settled in Virginia in 1672; William Salt settled in Virginia in 1771; Robert Salt arrived in Philadelphia in 1854..

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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Liber Niger Scutarii ("Black Book of the Exchequer"), containing reports by county on feudal holdings in England in 1166 (reign of Henry II)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
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)
Testa de Nevill or "Liber Feodorum" or "Book of Fees," thought to have been written by Ralph de Nevill, for King John (1199–1216)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/