Whitey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Early Origins of the Whitey family

The surname Whitey was first found in Oxfordshire where the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list early spelling of the name: Thomas ate Wytheg; William ate Wytheg; and Nicholas de la Wytheg. The same rolls listed Walter de la Wythege in Southamptonshire. "This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the white hay.' "1

Another early rolls included John Witege at Eynsham, Oxfordshire in 1186. Later, Bartholomew atte Withegh was found in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1332 and later again, Edmund de Whitehey was listed in the Assize Rolls for Essex in 1351. 2

Early History of the Whitey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitey research. Another 58 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1097, 1305, 1493, 1586, 1630, 1659, 1755, 1769, 1835 and 1864 are included under the topic Early Whitey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Whitey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Whitty, Witty and others.

Early Notables of the Whitey family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Mr. Thomas Whitty, a clothier, who developed the idea from an attempt to imitate the Turkey fabrics in Axminster, Devon in 1755...
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Migration of the Whitey family to Ireland

Some of the Whitey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 149 words (11 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Whitey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Whitey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Aug Whitey, who landed in Virginia in 1662 3
Arthur Whitey, who arrived in Maryland in 1676 3

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)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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)