Ortt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Ortt family

The surname Ortt was first found in Ord, a village about 2 miles (3 km) south west of Berwick Upon Tweed in Northumberland that dates back to 1196 where it was first listed as Horde. 1 East Ord, Middle Ord and West Ord were all hamlets at one time and all owned by the Ord family until the early fifteenth century. The villages are essentially on the Scottish-English border of today so the family's movement through the ages on both sides is to be expected. By example, we draw the reader's attention to the township of Newbiggin in Northumberland. "This place, which is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river Derwent, was for many years the residence of the Ord family, of whom Robert, who died in 1778, was chief Baron of the exchequer in Scotland." 2

Early History of the Ortt family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ortt research. Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1180, 1296, 1781, 1802, 1832, 1835, 1852 and 1855 are included under the topic Early Ortt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ortt Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Orde, Ord and others.

Early Notables of the Ortt family

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Ortt migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ortt Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johannes Ortt, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 3

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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)