Porth History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Porth family
The surname Porth was first found in Somerset where the name was derived from the trade or occupation of a civic officer. "The family of this name in Somersetshire, appear to have been eminent so early as the reign of Edward I." 1
Early History of the Porth family
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Porth Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Portman, Portmann, Porttman, Partman and others.
Early Notables of the Porth family
Notables of the family at this time include Sir William Portman (died 1557), English jurist. His family belonged to Somerset, and he was in the commission of the peace for that county from time to time. In 1533 King Henry gave him a wardship, and he was one of the administrators of the will of Catherine of Aragon. 2
Sir William Portman (1641-1690), was a captor of the Duke of Monmouth and a descendant of the same Somerset...
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Porth migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Porth Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Balthasar Porth, who arrived in Frederick County, Maryland in 1701 3
- Chretien Porth, who landed in America in 1777-1783 3
Porth Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- George Porth, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1856 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Porth (post 1700) +
- George W. Porth, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1893-98 4
- Ari Porth, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996 4
Citations +
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html