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Chatterton History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

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Chatterton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The Anglo-Saxon Chatterton family claim descent from having lived in Chadderton, or Catterton, England. which had two locations. The first in the parish of Oldham in the county of Lancashire, the second, a township in the parish of Healaugh in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The place-name is derived from the Latin word Cathedra, which means the place by the hill. 1

Early Origins of the Chatterton family

The surname Chatterton was first found in Lancashire, England. The Irish branch of the family claim descent from Thomas Chatterton who was granted an estate at Ardee in County Louth in 1573. From this earliest entry of the name, we note that the majority of the family migrated to County Cork. 2

Early History of the Chatterton family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chatterton research. Another 179 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1776, 1781, 1783, 1794, 1797, 1799, 1806, 1824, 1830, 1837, 1845, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1855, 1874 and 1876 are included under the topic Early Chatterton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chatterton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chatterton, Chadderton, Chatherton, Chaderton and others.

Early Notables of the Chatterton family

Distinguished members of the family include

Sir James Chatterton, 1st Baronet (died 1806), an Irish lawyer and politician, and the first of the Chatterton Baronets of Castle Mahon, County Cork. He was the eldest son of Abraham Chatterton (died...
Lady Henrietta Georgina Marcia Lascelles Chatterton (1806-1876), English miscellaneous writer, the only child of the Rev. Lascelles Iremonger, prebendary of Winchester, who died on 6 Jan. 1830, by his...

Chatterton Ranking

In the United States, the name Chatterton is the 15,236^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Chatterton migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chatterton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Michael Chatterton, who landed in Portsmouth, NH in 1640 4
Thomas Chatterton, who landed in Maryland in 1679 4

Chatterton Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henry Chatterton, who arrived in New York in 1822
John Chatterton with his brother David arrived in Philadelphia in 1828
Nathan Chatterton, who landed in Rhode Island in 1847 4
Jonathan Chatterton, aged 29, who arrived in New York in 1864 4

Chatterton migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chatterton Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. John Chatterton U.E. who settled in Elizabeth Town [Elizabethtown], Leeds County, Ontario c. 1783 5
Mr. Samuel D. Chatterton U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 5
Samuel Chatterton, who arrived in Quebec in 1784
Mr. John Chatterton Sr., U.E. (b. 1758) from Westchester, New York, USA who settled in River Remsheg [Wallace], Nova Scotia c. 1785 on 200 acres, resettled in 1800 to Elizabethtown, Upper Canada, Ontario he served in DeLancey's Refugeers, he died in 1822 5

Chatterton migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Chatterton Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Henry Chatterton, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Andromeda" on November 13, 1832, settling in New South Wales, Australia 6

Chatterton migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Chatterton Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Arthur Chatterton, aged 35, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Halcione" in 1875 7
Mary Anne Chatterton, aged 32, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Halcione" in 1875 7
Rosanna Chatterton, aged 9, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Halcione" in 1875 7
William Chatterton, aged 7, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Halcione" in 1875 7
Walter Chatterton, aged 4, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Halcione" in 1875 7
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Chatterton (post 1700) +

James M. Chatterton (1864-1944), American Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884
The Right Reverend Eyre Chatterton DD, FRGS (1863-1950), Anglican author and a Bishop in India (1903-1926)
John Chatterton (b. 1951), American wreck diver and television personality, co-host for the History Channel’s Deep Sea Detectives
Tom Chatterton (1881-1952), American silent film actor who appeared in 152 features
Ruth Chatterton (1893-1961), American two-time Academy Award nominated actress, novelist, and early aviatrix
Robert Chatterton, American politician, First Selectman of New Fairfield, Connecticut, 1910 8
Rexford R. Chatterton, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Tompkins County, 1920 8
Mason D. Chatterton (1835-1903), American Republican politician, Ingham County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1864-69; Ingham County Probate Judge, 1873-80; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884 8
James Chatterton, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Cortland County, 1825 8
Jacob Chatterton, American politician, Delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839 8
... (Another 19 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

The Chatterton Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Loyal à mort
Motto Translation: Faithful unto death.

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees 5th Edition in 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0737-4)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 27) Andromeda voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1832 with 186 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/andromeda/1832
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 12th December 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html