Pittenger History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsEarly Origins of the Pittenger familyThe surname Pittenger was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat. However, This ancient Clan, known as Pittendreich of that Ilk, conjecturally was most likely to be from Moravia, and came to Scotland in the train of Queen Margeret, second wife (1069) of King Canmore. Queen Margeret, herself a royal refugee, was a learned churchwoman. She was appalled by the barbaric state of the Royal Scottish court. She recruited many European nobles, mostly Norman, but traveled as far east as Silesia and Moravia. Among them was Malcolm de Moravia who invited John of Pethindreich to witness a charter passing the lands of Lamebryde to his son William de Moray in 1278. It was customary to invite relations or "friendly" important witnesses, men and women of stature, to affix their seals and names to such transactions, thus it is likely that John of Pethindreich was either a relative, or a very close friend and Chief of his Clan. Since Malcolm of Moravia was still carrying the territorial name his ancestors acquired in 1070 it must be assumed he was a large landowner who chose not to identify with a single property, i.e. Lambryde and possibly that also of the original Pittendreich. Early History of the Pittenger familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pittenger research. Another 134 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1410, 1478, 1572, 1578, 1600 and 1678 are included under the topic Early Pittenger History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pittenger Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Pittendreigh, Pittendrich, Pittendrigh, Petyndricht, Pettindrecht, Petindrech, Peddendreycht, Pithendreich and many more. Early Notables of the Pittenger familyAnother 28 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pittenger Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pittenger RankingIn the United States, the name Pittenger is the 12,981st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Pittenger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
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