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Where did the English Otter family come from? What is the English Otter family crest and coat of arms? When did the Otter family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Otter family history?
The name Otter came to England with the ancestors of the Otter family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Scandinavian given name Ottur. When used as a surname Otter indicates that the father of the original bearer was named Ottur.
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Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Other, Others, Otter, Otters, Ottyr, Otre, Otir, Oter, Oder, Othyr, FitzOther and many more.First found in Huntingdon where they held a family seat from very ancient times, and are believed to be descended from the celebrated Castellan of Windsor, William FitzOther, son of Otherus, the Duke of Lombardy, the great Norman land owner at the time of the Conquest, who was also scion of the Fitzgeralds, the Gerards and the Windsors. The Clan proliferated in east Yorkshire, Nottingham, Lincoln and Derby.
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Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Otter name or one of its variants:
Otter Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Otter settled in Virginia in 1638
- Thomasin Otter, who arrived in Maryland in 1668
- John Otter, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682
- John Otter and his wife settled in Delaware in 1682
Otter Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Johan Henrich Otter, who came to Philadelphia in 1734
- Joh Henrich Otter, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1734
- Francis Otter landed in America in 1748
Otter Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- William Otter, who landed in Maryland in 1828
- Lena Den Otter, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847
- Aart Den Otter, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847
- Dirk Den Otter, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847
- Stephan Otter settled in New York State in 1882
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- Rt. Rev. Anthony Otter, Assistant Bishop Diocese of Lincoln, and Author, "Beginning with Atoms"
- Air Vice Marshall Victor Charles Otter, Derby
- Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (b. 1942), Governor of Idaho since January 2007
- Bethel V Otter (1914-1942), eponym of the USS Otter (DE-210)
- General Sir William Dillon Otter KCB, CVO, VD (1843-1929), the first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff
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- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
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- Crispin, M. Jackson and Leonce Mary. Falaise Roll Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Cook, Chris. English Historical Facts 1603-1688. London: MacMillan, 1980. Print.
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