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The history of the Alligoit name began with the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from the ancient personal name Algod. In Old Danish, the name was Algot, while in Old Swedish, the name was Algut. Although the variant form Allgood appears to be a complimentary nickname, the surname Alligoit is actually patronymic in origin.
The surname Alligoit was first found in the counties of Northumberland and Durham, although not of Boernician origin as were most of the families in that area. Originally found in the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 by King William after his conquest of England in 1066, as Algod, the name gradually changed to Allgood.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Alligoit research. Another 44 words (3 lines of text) covering the year 1965 is included under the topic Early Alligoit History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Alligoit family name include Allgood, Algod, Algood, Elgood, Ellgod and others.
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Alligoit surname or a spelling variation of the name include : John Allgood settled in Barbados in 1674; being one of the first settlers in North America. It is believed he later moved to the mainland.