Doogood History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
England

The ancient Scottish name Doogood is carried by the descendents of the Pictish people. It was a name for a well-meaning person or "do-gooder." 1

Further down in England, the name was "derived from the name of an ancestor, 'the son of Doget'" 2 and has been traditionally "an old London name." 3

Early Origins of the Doogood family

The surname Doogood was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland.

One of the first records of the family was "Robert Doget, messenger, carried letters of Edward I to various persons, 1304, and Master Adam Doghete was witness in St. Andrews, 1305. John Doget, chaplain, 1343. John Dogude, who was bailie of Perth in 1379, as John Dugude departs for Pruycia (Prussia) in the king's service in 1382. The name is found in Dundee in 1470." 4

In England, early rolls there showed Alicia Doget, Cambridgeshire; John Doget, Oxfordshire; and John Doget, London, all in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. Hugo Doged and Johannes Doget were listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 2

In Somerset, early records there revealed John Doget and William Doget, Somerset, 1 Edward III (during the first year of the reign of King Edward III.) 5

Early History of the Doogood family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Doogood research. Another 319 words (23 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1365, 1382, 1478, 1479, 1536, 1541, 1544, 1546, 1557, 1597, 1603, 1607, 1613, 1633, 1651, 1657, 1664, 1669, 1675, 1678, 1680 and 1878 are included under the topic Early Doogood History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Doogood Spelling Variations

When the first dictionaries were invented in the last few hundred years, spelling gradually became standardized. Before that time, scribes spelled according to sound. Names were often recorded under different spelling variations every time they were written. Doogood has been written Duguid, Doogood, Doghet, Duget, Dugat, Dogood, Dugood, Doguid, Dugett, Dugatt, Duggood, Dugguid, Dogget, Doggatt, Doggett and many more.

Early Notables of the Doogood family

Notable amongst the Clan at this time was

John Dugude, King's Courier. Henry Doogood was an English architect who was best known for designing the chapel of Pembroke College, Cambridge in which the "striking seventeenth-century plaster ceilin...
Albert Doogood, served aboard the ill-fated Royal Navy ship HMS Eurydice as an ordinary, 1st class when it sank off the Isle of Wight in 1878

Doogood migration to Australia +

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

Doogood Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Doogood, (b. 1845), aged 21, English brick layer who was convicted in Worcester, Worcestershire, England for 7 years for house breaking, transported aboard the "Belgravia" on 4th April 1866, arriving in Western Australia, he died in 1906 6

The Doogood Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Patientia et spe
Motto Translation: With patience and hope.

Citations +

Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
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.
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 30th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/belgravia