The surname Mutart was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they were they had been anciently seated on the English/Scottish border. After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient but turbulent no-man's land where the persecuted Many were given land by King Malcolm Canmore and later by King David of Scotland. Some were native Scots. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'. The name was first recorded in Scotland in Edinburgh where Adam and Henry Multrar were burgesses in 1344. Moving westward they acquired territories in Ayrshire. John Multrar held a charter on the marches of Kirkness and Loucher in 1395.
Early History of the Mutart family
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Mutart Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Multrar, Multar, Mutter, Muter, Mutar, Multer, Muter, Mutterer and many more.
Early Notables of the Mutart family
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Migration of the Mutart family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Muter, who arrived in the Windward Islands in 1774; Peter Muter, who arrived in the Windward Islands in 1783; Robert Muter, who settled in North Carolina in 1806.
