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Cat Family Crest
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Where did the English Cat family come from? What is the English Cat family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cat family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cat family history?

Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the name Cat was first found in Britina. It was a name for a person who has a fancied resemblance to a cat. The name stems from the Old Northern French cat, of the same meaning, which occurs in many languages in the same form from a very early period.

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It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Cat are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Cat include Catt, Cat, Catts, Ketts, Chatt, Chat and others.

First found in Norfolk where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cat research. Another 191 words(14 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cat History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 22 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cat Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Cat, or a variant listed above: John Catt who settled in Maryland in 1775; Richard Catt settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1774; Richard Cate settled in Nevis in 1654.

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