Bobitt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The origins of the name Bobitt are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the baptismal name for the son of Robert. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from the name Popart, as in N. Popart, Normandy (1180-1195.) 1

Early Origins of the Bobitt family

The surname Bobitt was first found in Suffolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Bobitt family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bobitt research. Another 221 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1327, 1332, 1500, 1599, 1632, 1641, 1668, 1680, 1719, 1742 and 1753 are included under the topic Early Bobitt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bobitt Spelling Variations

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 Bobitt family name include Bobart, Bobbet, Bobat, Bobbete, Bobet, Bobitt, Bobbett, Bobert, Bobett and many more.

Early Notables of the Bobitt family

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Bobitt migration to the United States +

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 Bobitt surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Bobitt Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

James Bobitt, who landed in Virginia in 1701 2

Citations +

The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
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)