| ![Show Contents]() Artor History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Artor familyThe surname Artor was first found in the county of Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland, in south eastern Scotland where they have held a family seat from ancient times. The Arthur family traced their descent from King Aedan Mac Gabrain, King of Dalriada, whose mother was a British Princess, and named his eldest son Arthur, and he was believed to be the first Gael to bear the name. The family name was recorded in the late 6th and early 7th century. Early History of the Artor familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Artor research. Another 51 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1593, 1606, 1642, 1644, 1666 and 1670 are included under the topic Early Artor History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Artor Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Archibure, Arthuwire, Artheor, Arthurs, Arture, Harthawr, Artair, Artuir and many more. Early Notables of the Artor familyJames Arthur (d. 1670?), Irish divine, born at Limerick, and professed himself a Dominican friar in the abbey of St. Stephen, Salamanca. "In 1642 he retired to the convent of St. Dominic in Lisbon, and there, according to Quetif and Echard, died on 1 Feb. 1644. Ware says that he survived till about 1670. " 1
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Another 58 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Artor Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Artor family to IrelandSome of the Artor family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 32 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Artor Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Hannah Artor, who landed in America in 1760 2
- 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)
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