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Where did the English Otis family come from? What is the English Otis family crest and coat of arms? When did the Otis family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Otis family history?
The name of the Otis family is derived from the Old French personal names Odes, Otes, Odon, and Otton. These are all derived from the Old German names "Odo" and "Otto," which literally mean "riches." Occasionally, the name Otis is a local surname derived from the settlement of Ott in Belgium.
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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
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Oates, Oats, Otes, Otis, Oaten, Otten, Oadt, Otton, Oton and many more.First found in Cornwall where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Otis research. Another 129 words(9 lines of text) covering the years 1649 and 1705 are included under the topic Early Otis History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
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Our PDF Extended History includes the Life In Ireland!
Some of the Otis family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 196 words(14 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Otis. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Otis Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- John Otis, who arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635
- Richard Otis, who landed in New England in 1662
- Samuel, Family Otis, who arrived in New Jersey in 1677
Otis Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Patrick Otis, aged 30, arrived in New York in 1812
- Manuel Otis, aged 30, landed in New Orleans, La in 1850
- J Otis, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1855
- W Otis, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1855
- John Otis, aged 59, arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1868
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- Amos Otis (b. 1947), American Major Legue Baseball player
- Paul Franklin "Bill" Otis (1889-1990), American Major Legue Baseball player
- Elisha Graves Otis (1811-1861), American industrialist, founder of the Otis Elevator Company
- Elwell Stephen Otis (1838-1909), American general who served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War
- General Glenn Kay Otis (b. 1929), U.S. Army general, awarded Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart (2)
- Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917), president and general manager of the Times-Mirror Company, publisher of the Los Angeles Times
- Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), 3rd mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States Senator
- James Otis Sr. (1702-1778), American revolutionary politician
- James Otis Jr. (1725-1783), American revolutionary politician who coined the phrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"
- James Otis (1826-1875), mayor of San Francisco, California
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- The Descendants of John Otis and Margaret Downey of Frankfort, Maine by Marian Otis.
- A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of John Otis,1797-1873 of Leyden and Denmark, N.Y. and Related Families by Erwin James Otis.
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