Arther History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland
Scotland

Early Origins of the Arther family

The surname Arther was first found in the county of Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland, in south eastern Scotland where they have held a family seat from ancient times. The Arthur family traced their descent from King Aedan Mac Gabrain, King of Dalriada, whose mother was a British Princess, and named his eldest son Arthur, and he was believed to be the first Gael to bear the name. The family name was recorded in the late 6th and early 7th century.

Early History of the Arther family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Arther research. Another 51 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1593, 1606, 1642, 1644, 1666 and 1670 are included under the topic Early Arther History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Arther Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Archibure, Arthuwire, Artheor, Arthurs, Arture, Harthawr, Artair, Artuir and many more.

Early Notables of the Arther family

Notable amongst the Clan from early times was James Arthur (d. 1670?), Irish divine, born at Limerick, and professed himself a Dominican friar in the abbey of St. Stephen, Salamanca. "In 1642 he retired to the convent of St. Dominic in Lisbon, and there, according to Quetif and Echard, died on 1 Feb. 1644. Ware says that he survived...
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Migration of the Arther family to Ireland

Some of the Arther family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 32 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Arther migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Arther Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Hugh Arther, who landed in Virginia in 1648 1
Thomas Arther, who landed in Virginia in 1657 1

Arther Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J D Arther, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Arther (post 1700) +

Arther Ferrill, American professor emeritus of history at the University of Washington at Seattle

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)