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Etymology of Critchett

What does the name Critchett mean?

Critchett is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Critchett family lived in Oxfordshire. The family originally lived in Criquetot-Sur-Longueville, Normandy, and it is from this location that their name derives. 1

Early Origins of the Critchett family

The surname Critchett was first found in Warwickshire where John Criket was listed in the Assize Rolls of 1305. 2

Early History of the Critchett family

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Critchett Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Cricket, Crickett, Critchett, Critchet, Cricketot and others.

Early Notables of the Critchett family

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Migration of the Critchett family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Critchett or a variant listed above were: Mary Critchet who arrived in Virginia in 1729; and David and Thomas Cricket arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1814.

Contemporary Notables of the name Critchett (post 1700)+
  1. 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)
  2. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)

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