Dalgaty History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland

The ancestors of the Dalgaty family were part of an ancient Scottish tribe called the Picts. They lived in the parish of Dalgetty in Fife and from the lands of the same name in Aberdeenshire.

Early Origins of the Dalgaty family

The surname Dalgaty was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Dalgaty family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dalgaty research. Another 58 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1649 is included under the topic Early Dalgaty History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dalgaty Spelling Variations

Prior to the invention of the printing press in the last hundred years, documents were basically unique. Names were written according to sound, and often appeared differently each time they were recorded. Spelling variations of the name Dalgaty include Dalgetty, Getty, Dalgety, Dalketty, Dalgaty and many more.

Early Notables of the Dalgaty family

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Dalgaty migration to the United States +

The freedom of the North American colonies was enticing, and many Scots left to make the great crossing. It was a long and hard journey, but its reward was a place where there was more land than people and tolerance was far easier to come by. Many of these people came together to fight for a new nation in the American War of Independence, while others remained loyal to the old order as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of Scots in North America have recovered much of this heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and other such organizations. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important and early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Dalgaty:

Dalgaty Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Dalgaty, who landed in Maryland in 1716 1
John Dalgaty, who settled in Virginia in 1760

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)