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Early Origins of the Shatner family

The surname Shatner was first found in Hertfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Shatner family

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Shatner Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Shotbolt, Shodbolte, Shadbolt, Shadbolte, Shadbole, Chadbolt, Chadbolte, Chatbolt, Shatbolt, Shutbolt, Shadbold, Shodbold, Chadbold and many more.

Early Notables of the Shatner family

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Migration of the Shatner family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Shatner (post 1700) +

  • Melanie Ann Shatner (b. 1964), American actress and daughter of actor William Shatner
  • Mordechai Shatner (1904-1964), Zionist activist and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence
  • William Alan Shatner (b. 1931), Canadian actor and novelist best known as Captain James T. Kirk in the television series Star Trek [1]


  1. William Shatner. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) William Shatner. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner


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