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Where did the Scottish Porter family come from? What is the Scottish Porter family crest and coat of arms? When did the Porter family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Porter family history?
The Porter family name was originally adopted from the original bearers' occupation. Porter was an occupational name for a gatekeeper or watchman deriving its origin from the Old French word "portier," meaning "doorman." In the royal castles, and in some monasteries, the office of Porter was usually hereditary, and lands and privileges were usually connected to the position.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Porter, Pawter, Poreter, Portar and others.First found in Kyle, where Radulfus the porter witnessed the gift of the church of Cragyn (Craigie) to the monastery of Paisley in 1177.
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Some of the Porter family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 140 words(10 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 Porter. 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:
Porter Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Abraham Porter, who arrived in Virginia in 1624-1625
- John Porter (c.1605-1674), English settler to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633, signer of the Portsmouth Compact
- Edmond Porter, aged 35, landed in Virginia in 1635
- Edward Porter, aged 21, landed in St Christopher in 1635
- Henry Porter, aged 30, arrived in Virginia in 1635
Porter Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Hendrik Porter, aged 14, landed in New York in 1710
- Hannah Porter, who landed in Virginia in 1717
- Charles Ram Porter, who landed in Antigua (Antego) in 1752-1756
Porter Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Elitia Porter, aged 44, landed in New Castle or Philadelphia in 1804
- Catherine Porter, aged 22, landed in New Castle or Philadelphia in 1804
- Farr Porter, who arrived in America in 1805
- Hugh Porter, aged 24, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1805
- James Porter, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1808
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- David Porter (1780-1843), American naval officer
- Katherine Anne Porter (1894-1980), American Pulitzer Prize (1966) winning author
- William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), American short story author, who wrote under the name O. Henry
- Edwin Stanton Porter (1870-1941), American movie director and filmmaker
- Cole Albert Porter (1893-1964), American composer of musicals and a member of the French Foreign Legion, which honors him with a portrait that hangs in the Legion's official museum
- Gary Porter, American co-winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
- Patrick "Pat" Ralph Porter (1959-2012), American distance runner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
- Andrew Porter (1820-1872), American army officer, Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Charles Ethan Porter (1847-1923), African American still life painter
- Fitz John Porter (1822-1901), United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War
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- Edward Culver, John Porter and Mary Estey: a Line of Descent from Two Puritans and a Salem Witch, with Allied Families by Marilyn V. Squires Mills.
- A Family History, William Porter, Jr. of Rockbridge County, Virginia (1740-1804) by Mary E. Porter.
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- Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Skene, William Forbes Edition. Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots and Other Early Memorials of Scottish History. Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1867. Print.
- Fairbairn,. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Browne, James. The History of Scotland it's Highlands, Regiments and Clans 8 Volumes. Edinburgh: Francis A Niccolls & Co, 1909. Print.
- Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Catholic Directory For Scotland. Glasgow: Burns Publications. Print.
- Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
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