The Jaget family name arose the word "jagger," Yorkshire dialect from the Middle English word "jag," meaning a "carrier," or "carter." 1 Jaget may have been an occupational name for a pedlar and began when someone in that family worked as a person who tends draught horses.
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Early Origins of the Jaget family
The surname Jaget was first found in Yorkshire where Thomas Jager and John Jagher were recorded in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. A few years later, Katerina Jeggar was listed in Yorkshire in 1480. 1
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Early History of the Jaget family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jaget research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1568 and 1623 are included under the topic Early Jaget History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Jaget Spelling Variations
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Jaget has appeared include Jagger, Jaggers and others.
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Early Notables of the Jaget family
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Migration of the Jaget family
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Jaget arrived in North America very early: John Jagger settled in New England in 1770; William, Charles, George, John and Thomas Jagger settled in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Jeremy Jagger settled in Wethersfield in 1637.
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