Kitteridge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Kitteridge

What does the name Kitteridge mean?

The ancient Viking-Scottish name Kitteridge is derived from the Old Norse personal name Sigtryggr, which literally means true victory. The Gaelic form adopted for the surname is Mac Shitrig.

Early Origins of the Kitteridge family

The surname Kitteridge was first found in Galloway (Gaelic: Gall-ghaidhealaibh), an area of southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, that formerly consisted of the counties of Wigtown (West Galloway) and Kirkcudbright (East Galloway), where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Kitteridge family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kitteridge research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1000, 1376, 1643 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Kitteridge History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Kitteridge Spelling Variations

The spellings of Scottish names dating from the medieval era often bear little resemblance to those seen today. They vary enormously because scribes in that time spelled according to their ears. Some spelling variations of the name Kitteridge include MacKettrick, Kettrick, Kitterick, MacKitterick, MacEtterick, McKettrick, McKetrick, Ketterick and many more.

Early Notables of the Kitteridge family

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Migration of the Kitteridge family to Ireland

Some of the Kitteridge family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 76 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Kitteridge migration to the United States +

The farms of Scottish settlers soon dotted the east coast of the colonies that would become the nations of the United States and Canada. Many of those migrants and their children went on to play important roles in the founding the great nations of North America. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Scottish name Kitteridge or a variant listed above, including:

Kitteridge Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Rebecca Kitteridge, who arrived in Maryland in 1649 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Kitteridge (post 1700) +

Rebecca Lucy Kitteridge CVO (b. 1965), New Zealand public servant, 7th Director-General of Security (2014-2023)

Sources +

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)