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The surname MacHostie comes for the original Irish Mac Oiste (Mac Coiste) and has many variants.
The surname MacHostie was first found in Connacht (Irish: Connachta, (land of the) descendants of Conn). Family tradition holds that the surname originated with Roger (Hodge) Merrick, a Mayo Welshman killed in 1276, and that the name is derived from Hodge a pet-form of Roger.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Hosty, MacHosty, Custy, Hasty, MacCusty, MacCosty, MacHostie, MacHoste, MacCoiste, MacQuist and many more.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Husty, who landed in Quebec in 1832; Charles Hosty, who immigrated to New York in 1847; Margaret Hosty, who arrived in New York in 1850; Bridget and Mary Custy, who landed in Philadelphia in 1850.