Plott History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Plott name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived by a small patch of land. Plott is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Early Origins of the Plott family

The surname Plott was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Plott family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Plott research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1608, 1632, 1638, 1640, 1669, 1678, 1694, 1696, 1705 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Plott History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Plott Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Plott has undergone many spelling variations, including Platt, Plat, Platte, Plait, Plate, Blatt and others.

Early Notables of the Plott family

Notables of the family at this time include Sir Hugh Plat or Platt (1552-1608), English writer on agriculture and inventor from Garlickhythe; and John Platt (1632-1705), an English immigrant to America from Ware, Hertfordshire to settle in Norwalk, Connecticut and rose to become a Member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1678-1694.) Gabriel Plattes (fl. 1638), was an English writer, said to have been of Dutch extraction, was one of the earliest advocates...
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Plott Ranking

In the United States, the name Plott is the 9,096^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Plott family to Ireland

Some of the Plott family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Plott migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Plott were among those contributors:

Plott Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Plott, who landed in Maryland in 1651-1652 2
James Plott, who arrived in America in 1694

Plott Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Garret Plott, aged 36, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741 2
Gorg Plott, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741 2
Johann Philips Plott, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Plott (post 1700) +

Charles Raymond Plott (b. 1938), American economist, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Economics and Political Science at the California Institute of Technology
Sean Plott (b. 1986), American e-sports commentator for StarCraft II and a former professional StarCraft: Brood War player
John Plott (1732-1803), English miniature-painter, born at Winchester; he began his career as a lawyer but turned to art after receiving some instruction in landscape from Richard Wilson, he xibited at the Royal Academy from 1772 to the end of his life

Citations +

"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)