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Where did the English Pettipas family come from? What is the English Pettipas family crest and coat of arms? When did the Pettipas family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Pettipas family history? The name Pettipas is part of the ancient legacy of the early Norman inhabitants that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Pettipas was a Norman name used for a person who never tired of walking or a soldier who had lost his foot in battle. The name Pettipas is an Anglicized form of the Old French word pedefer, or pied de fer, which means iron foot. The family name Pettipas was brought to England after the Norman Conquest, when William the Conqueror gave his friends and relatives most of the land formerly owned by Anglo-Saxon aristocrats. They imported a vast number of Norman French personal names, which largely replaced traditional Old English personal names among the upper and middle classes. 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 Pettifer, Pettipher, Petipher, Petifer, Petiver and many more. First found in Worcestershire where, they held a family seat after the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066 A.D., where the name meant literally "Petite" and "Fere," meaning "the little wild beast," a soubriquet which has been corrupted to Pettifer, although a distant relationship has been claimed to Potiphar, the Faro's Captain of the Guard. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pettipas research. Another 159 words(11 lines of text) covering the year 1760 is included under the topic Early Pettipas History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Pettipas Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. 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 Pettipas name or one of its variants: Elizabeth Pettiford settled in Maryland in 1720.
The Pettipas Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Pettipas 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. This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 13:54. ©2000-2013 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Sign Up
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