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Where did the Irish Cafferty family come from? What is the Irish Cafferty family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cafferty family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cafferty family history?
There are multitude of rich histories underlying the many Irish surnames in use today. The name Cafferty originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Gafraidh. Gafraidh or Gothraidh equates with the English personal name Godfrey. Variations that start with the prefix Mac or Mc mean son of Godfrey.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Many different spelling variations of the surname Cafferty exist in the archives researched. Ancient scribes and church officials recorded names as they were pronounced, often resulting in a single person being recorded under several different spellings. Different spellings that were found include MacCaffery, MacCaffrey, MacCafferty, MacAffery, MacAffry, MacAfferty, MacGoffrey, MacGodfrey and many more.First found in County Fermanagh, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cafferty research. Another 180 words(13 lines of text) covering the year 1987 is included under the topic Early Cafferty History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Irish emigration to North America began modestly in the late 18th century. At this time, Irish families made the journey to British North America and the United States by choice and after careful consideration: they were primarily in search of a suitably large stretch of land to call their own. This pattern would change most dramatically during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. For example, the years 1825-1845 saw approximately 450,000 heading to British North America and 400,000 to the United States, but in 1947, at the height of the famine, it is estimated that more than 104,000 Irish immigrants went to British North America and more than 119,000 to the United States. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many early immigrants bearing the name Cafferty:
Cafferty Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Girzy Cafferty, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816
- Mary Cafferty, who landed in New York, NY in 1816
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The Cafferty Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cafferty Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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