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![Show Contents]() Pinter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Pinter is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name was given to a person who was a person who worked as the Pinder which referred to the individual who impounded stray cattle. During the Middle Ages there was rampant theft of livestock, which made the Pinder a very important member of the community. 1 The variant Pounder was used interchangeably with Pinder. 2 Early Origins of the Pinter familyThe surname Pinter was first found in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire where the name has appeared "for six centuries, and occurs in both counties as Le Pinder in the reign of Edward I." 3 "The Pindar (or Pinder) of Wakefield (George a Green) is the subject of one of the Robin Hood ballads. " "She doth not only think of lusty Robin Hood, But of his merry man, the Pindar of the Town Of Wakefield, George a Greene.- Drayton, Poly-Olbion, xxviii, 70-2." 2 Interestingly, the Hundredorum Rolls had only two entries for the family and both were in the aforementioned counties: Hugh le Pinder, Lincolnshire; and Walter le Pinder, Nottinghamshire. 1 The Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi listed John le Pindere while the Writs of Parliament c. 1300 listed Henry le Pynder Early History of the Pinter familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pinter research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1538, 1565, 1650, 1680, 1693, 1694, 1705 and 1749 are included under the topic Early Pinter History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pinter Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Pinter family name include Pinder, Pynder, Pyndar, Pendar, Pindar, Pinner, Pinter, Pender and many more. Early Notables of the Pinter familyDistinguished members of the family include Sir Paul Pindar (c. 1565-1650), English diplomat, born at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. "The family is said to have been long resident in Wellingborough." 4
Sir Peter Pindar, of Idinshaw...
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pinter Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pinter RankingIn the United States, the name Pinter is the 12,352nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5
 Pinter migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Pinter or a variant listed above:
Pinter Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Pinter, who landed in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1662 6
Pinter Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johan Foost Pinter, who arrived in New York in 1709 6
Pinter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Mathias Pinter and his wife Margarethe Deutsch, who arrived in Pennsylvania from Saarland in 1856 with their four children
- Peter Pinter, who settled in Illinois in 1870
- Johanna Pinter, who settled in Baltimore in 1873
- Jakob Pinter and his wife Maria Brill, who emigrated from Prussia to Arkansas in 1880 with their six children
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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: Pinter Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- G. Pinter, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1863 7
- G. Pinter, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Gertrude" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 9th February 1863 8
| Contemporary Notables of the name Pinter (post 1700) | + |
- Mark Pinter (b. 1950), American politician
- Colleen Zenk Pinter (b. 1953), American actress
- Joseph Benjamin Pinter, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976; Member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1969-77 9
- Joseph Pinter Jr., American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976; Member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1965 9
- Irene Pinter, American politician, Member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965-77; Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960 9
- Herbert J. Pinter, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Michigan State Senate 25th District, 1954 9
- Harry Pinter, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960 9
- Ethel Pinter, American politician, Member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965-77; Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968, 1972, 1976 9
- József Pintér (b. 1953), Hungarian chess Grandmaster and chess writer
- Attila Pintér (b. 1978), Hungarian footballer
- ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Ex fide fortis
Motto Translation: Strong though faith.
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- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 12th December 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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