Kitchin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Kitchin family name Kitchin, or who bore a variation of the surname were

Kitchin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Joseph Kitchin, aged 16, who settled in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Merchant's Hope"
• John Kitchin, who settled in New England in 1635
• John Kitchin, aged 23, who arrived in New England in 1635 from Weymouth, England possible boat is Mary Gould 2
• Jon Kitchin, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 2
• Anthony Kitchin, who landed in Maryland in 1650 2
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Kitchin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• William Kitchin, who landed in Virginia in 1712 2
• Philip Kitchin, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731 2

• Claude Kitchin (1869-1923), American politician, who was House majority leader (1915-1919) and House Minority leader (1921-1923)
• Alvin Paul Kitchin (1908-1983), American Congressman from North Carolina
• Sir David James Tyson Kitchin (b. 1955), Judge of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales
• Mrs. Josephine Kitchin B.E.M. (b. 1944), British volunteer for Rainbows Children’s Hospice, was appointed Medallist of the British Empire Medal 29th December 2018 for services to Charity and to Young People in Nottinghamshire 3
• George William Kitchin (1827-1912), the first chancellor of the University of Durham
• Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin (1895-1967), British novelist