| ![Show Contents]() Hitchell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England This surname was a habitation name derived from the Old English word "ecels" which is roughly translated as the "dweller on a piece of land added to an estate." Alternatively, the name may have derived from the Old English word "ecan" which means "to increase." Early Origins of the Hitchell familyThe surname Hitchell was first found in Warwickshire and throughout Northern England where it was listed as the name of small farms and hamlets as in Echills Wood, Nechells, Neachill in Staffordshire and Hitchells in Yorkshire. In some cases early records show the name in Derbyshire and Cheshire. Arguably this latter listing in Cheshire is the strongest and may have been the earliest reference. In Cheshire, the name was a local name "of Etchells" as found in an old manor in the parish of Stockport, in that shire. It was in the county in a register at Marple Church that many of the name was found. The name is strongest in the in the Manchester area. In 1894, Stockport Etchells was merged with the townships of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley. Up to that time it was a township since the Middle Ages. Northen Etchells covered the rural area that includes much of modern-day Wythenshawe. Both are now in Greater Manchester and both were called Etchells and often administered together from the 16th to 18th centuries Early History of the Hitchell familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hitchell research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1269, 1299, 1332, 1545, 1561, 1570, 1604, 1613, 1620 and 1662 are included under the topic Early Hitchell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hitchell Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Etchells, Neachell, Etchell, Echeles, Attecheles, Hitchell, Hitchells and many more. Early Notables of the Hitchell familyMore information is included under the topic Early Hitchell Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Hitchell 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: Hitchell Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Mr. William Hitchell, (b. 1839), aged 24, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Huntress" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 21st April 1863 1
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Hitchell migration to New Zealand 
