Orty History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The history of the name Orty begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is derived from the ancient personal name Auty.

Early Origins of the Orty family

The surname Orty was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Orty family

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Orty Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Orty has been recorded under many different variations, including Auty, Autie, Autee, Awty, Awtee, Awtie and others.

Early Notables of the Orty family

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Orty migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Orty or a variant listed above:

Orty Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Manuel Orty, aged 48, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 1

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)