Letty History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Letty family

The surname Letty was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1321 when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Letty family

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Letty Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lettice, Lettuce, Letice, Lattice and others.

Early Notables of the Letty family

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Migration of the Letty family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Letty (post 1700) +

Ellen Letty Aronson (b. 1943), née Konigsberg, American film producer
Letty M. Wickliffe (1902-2001), African-American educator who directed special education and gifted education services for black students in Indianapolis, Indiana from the 1930s until the mid-1960s
Letty Lou Eisenhauer (b. 1935), American visual and performance artist
Letty Gupta, American Republican politician, Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1979 1
Letty Mills, American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1961 2

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html