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Spittle History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

United States Australia New Zealand West Indies

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Spittle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
England

The surname Spittle is an occupational name for someone who was employed in a lodging house, derived from the Middle English word "spital" which is the same root of the more modern word "hospital."

Early Origins of the Spittle family

The surname Spittle was first found in Dumbartonshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, at Spittal in the parish of Kilmaron. Spittal is also said to be a kind of shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland. 1

The variant Spittlehouse was by it's very nature an extension of the root name, but was much more common further south in England. 2

Early History of the Spittle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Spittle research. Another 74 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1365, 1394, 1395, 1423, 1644, 1651, 1653, 1654 and 1689 are included under the topic Early Spittle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Spittle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Spittal, Spittel, Spittle and others.

Early Notables of the Spittle family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

John Spittlehouse (fl. 1653), English pamphleteer who fought for the parliament against the king at Gainsborough and at the siege of Newark (1644) and remained in the army till after the battle of Wor...

Spittle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Spittle Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Elizabeth Spittle, who arrived in Maryland in 1663 3
John Spittle, who arrived in New England in 1679

Spittle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Spittle, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1870 3

Spittle migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Spittle Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Richard Spittle, English convict from Oxford, who was transported aboard the "Ann" on August 1809, settling in New South Wales, Australia 4
Mr. Thomas Spittle, English convict who was convicted in Warwick, Warwickshire, England for life for stealing, transported aboard the "Dromedary" on 11th September 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1834 5

Spittle migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Spittle Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

James Spittle, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Whitby" in 1841
Isabella Spittle, aged 24, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
James Spittle, aged 5 mths., who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
Mr. Spittle, British settler travelling from Liverpool aboard the ship "Tornado" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 26th September 1859 6
Mrs. Spittle, British settler with 2 children travelling from Liverpool aboard the ship "Tornado" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 26th September 1859 6
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Spittle migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7

Spittle Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Roger Spittle, who settled in Barbados in 1654

Contemporary Notables of the name Spittle (post 1700) +

William Spittle, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Torrington; Elected 1902 8
William Arthur "Billy" Spittle (b. 1894), English professional football inside forward who played from 1912 to 1921
Robin Spittle, English Church of England parish priest in Kesgrave, Suffolk who gained international media attention for leading church services in a pub
Margaret Flora Spittle OBE FRCP FRCR (b. 1939), British oncologist
Stanley Denys Trevor Spittle OBE MA FSA (1920-2003), British editor of the Cambridge office Royal Commission for Historical Monuments
Rod Spittle (b. 1955), Canadian professional golfer; he won the Canadian Amateur in 1977 and 1978, winner of the 2010 AT&T Championship
Maxwell Thomas "Max" Spittle (1922-2015), Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne (1947-1950)

Citations +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. 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)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Ann voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1809 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/ann/1809
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/dromedary
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html