Eritage History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Eritage comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a person who held or occupied land inherited by an ancestor instead of acquiring it by means of the Feudal System. The surname Eritage is derived from the Old English word heritage, which in turn comes from the Old French words eritage and heritage. These words are derived from the Late Latin word heritagium, which comes from the word heres, which means heir.

Early Origins of the Eritage family

The surname Eritage was first found in Oxfordshire, where they held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Eritage family

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Eritage Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Eritage has undergone many spelling variations, including Herytage, Heritage, Eritage, Erytage and others.

Early Notables of the Eritage family

Distinguished members of the family include

John Heritage of Oxfordshire, a prominent landowner during the reign of Edward 1st

Eritage migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 1

Eritage Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Roger Eritage, who sailed to Barbados in 1635
Roger Eritage, aged 22, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 2
Mr. Rodger Eritage, (b. 1613), aged 22, British settler travelling aboard the ship "Expedition" arriving in Barbados in 1636 3

Citations +

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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)
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's retrieved 29th September 2021. Retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm