Trood History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor as in 'the son of Troit' or Trote or Troyt. The nursery rhyme "Dame Trot and her Cat" is English with various versions in print over the years. "The name is frequently found in the Exchequer Lay Subsidies, Somerset." 1

Other sources claims the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word Trot, meaning "beloved, dear, friend" 2 while another claims the name denotes "descendant of Trott (defiance)" 3

Early Origins of the Trood family

The surname Trood was first found in Surrey where Walter and Robert Trot were recorded in the Pipe Rolls for 1206 and later in the Curia Regis Rolls for Berkshire. William le Trot was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1327. 4

The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John list Robert filius Trote, 1165 and Richard filius Truite, 1179. 1

In Somerset, early records there show Nicholas Truhyt, Thomas Troht, Robert Trote, Thomas Trut and Robert Tryut. All records were entered 1 Edward III (during the first year of Edward III's reign.) 5 Jefthe French Trote was bailiff of Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1340. 6

"The Trotts are now established in the neighbouring districts of Honiton and Cullompton [,Devon]. John Trott, one of the martyrs of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685, died on the scaffold at Bridgewater." 7

Early History of the Trood family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Trood research. Another 107 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1327, 1455, 1483, 1487, 1515, 1524 and 1619 are included under the topic Early Trood History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Trood Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Trott, Trot, Troat, Troth, Troath, Trotman and others.

Early Notables of the Trood family

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Trood migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Trood Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Trood, who landed in Maryland in 1677 8

Trood migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Trood Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Abel Trood, a gilder, who arrived in New South Wales, Australia sometime between 1825 and 1832
Mr. Thomas Trood, (b. 1830), aged 47, Cornish farm labourer travelling aboard the ship "Salisbury" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 2nd September 1877 9
Mrs. Charlotte Trood, (b. 1829), aged 48, English settler, from Somerset, England, UK travelling aboard the ship "Salisbury" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 2nd September 1877 9
Mr. Edward Trood, (b. 1862), aged 15, Cornish farm labourer travelling aboard the ship "Salisbury" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 2nd September 1877 9
Miss Emma Trood, (b. 1863), aged 14, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "Salisbury" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 2nd September 1877 9
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Trood (post 1700) +

Thomas Trood (1833-1916), known as the Grand Old Man of Samoa, an English born, Australian entrepreneur notable for acting as British Vice Consul in Samoa during the period it was annexed by Germany in 1900
Thomas Victor "Vic" Trood (1891-1977), Australian rules footballer who played for University (1911-1914), eponym of the Trood Award
Russell Brunell Trood (b. 1948), Australian politician, former Liberal Party Senator for the state of Queensland (2005-2011)

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
Rye, Walter, A History of Norfolk. London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1885. Print
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 19). Emigrants to Australia NSW 1860 -88 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/nsw_passenger_lists_1860_88.pdf