Quilter Surname History

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Quilter family

The surname Quilter was first found in Munster, where they held a family seat as chiefs in Limerick descended from Cuallta (a wolf) who was descended from the ancient Earls of Dunraven. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable.

Early History of the Quilter family

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Quilter Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Quilty, Kielty, Kieltagh, O'Kielt, Keelty, Quiltie, MacQuilty, MacWilty, MacQuiltie, Kealty, Keilty, Keiltagh, O'Quilty and many more.

Early Notables of the Quilter family

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Quilter migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Quilter Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Mark Quilter, who arrived in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1648 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Quilter (post 1700) +

Laura Quilter (b. 1968), American lawyer and archivist
Sir Anthony Raymond Leopold Cuthbert Quilter (b. 1937), 4th Baronet
Sir William Eley Cuthbert Quilter (1873-1952), 2nd Baronet
Sir John Raymond Cuthbert Quilter (1902-1959), 3rd Baronet, best remembered for his manufacture of static-line parachutes widely used by British troops during and after the Second World War
Peter Quilter, English playwright
Roger Quilter (1877-1953), English composer

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)