Hottiwill Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The ancestors of the Hottiwill family arrived in England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Hottiwill came from the Norman given name of Ottiwell.

Hottiwill Early Origins

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The surname Hottiwill was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D.

Hottiwill Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Hottiwill are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Hottiwill include Ottiwell, Ottewell, Ottawell, Ottowell, Ottiwill, Ottwell and many more.

Hottiwill Early History

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Hottiwill Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Hottiwill, or a variant listed above: Thomas Ottawell who arrived in Virginia in 1623; Thomas Ottowell, who came to Virginia in 1624; George Ottawell, who settled in Maryland in 1754; and Bridget Otwell, who settled in New York State in 1853..

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Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
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The Hottiwill Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Hottiwill Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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