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Early Origins of the Hutting family

The surname Hutting was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat and it is presumed that they gave their name to the town Itingston near Huntly in Aberdeenshire. [1]

"Utting may have given name to Ittingston near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, in 1534 Uttinstoun. A charter of 1277 was witnessed by Alan, son of Huting, seneschal of Buchan. Hutting, "marescallus" of the bishop of Moray, witnessed a charter by the bishop confirming the gift of the church of Deveth to the church of the Holy Trinity of Spyny, c. 1202-1224. Utting Cachepol held a toft in the vill of Inverbervyn, now Bervie, c. 1232-1237. "Cachepol" refers to Utting's office, catchpoll," i.e. bailiff. Vtting the smith of Stirling was a charter witness, c. 1275. William, son of Utting, possessed a tenement in Drumelzier, c. 1300-1320, and Robert Vtting appears as witness in a court held at the standing stones of Rayne in the Garioch in 1349. Andrew Vtyn was tenant in Grange of Kerse, 1466." [1]

In England, there is a record of an "Utting de Cresswell [who] was witness to a deed temp. King John," [2] and the name also appears in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 in England about the same time. [3]

"This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Utting,' a long-forgotten personal name." [4]

Early History of the Hutting family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hutting research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1202, 1232, 1300, 1349 and 1466 are included under the topic Early Hutting History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hutting Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Utting, Uting, Hutting, Ytting, Otting and others.

Early Notables of the Hutting family

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United States Hutting migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hutting Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Michael Hutting, who landed in America in 1783 [5]


  1. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  4. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  5. 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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