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![Show Contents]() Stit History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Stit surname is generally thought to derive from the Middle English word "stott," meaning a "steer," or "bull." 1 As such it was likely originally an occupational name for a cattleman, or perhaps a nickname. Some instances of the name in Scotland may have come from the Viking name Stoti, which likely arrived with the 9th century Norse colonization of Strathclyde and Aberdeenshire. Early Origins of the Stit familyThe surname Stit was first found in Yorkshire, but by the 15th century some of the family name had moved north to Aberdeenshire where Andrew Stott was a burgess there in 1490. Later, Margaret Stote held a family seat in Dolphinstoun in Lanarkshire in 1675, and Alexander Stote held a family seat in Maynes in Balyeordie in Renfrewshire in 1689. 2 Early History of the Stit familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stit research. Another 187 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1625, 1634, 1649, 1651, 1656, 1691, 1741, 1768 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Stit History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Stit Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Stot, Stott, Stite, Stites and others. Early Notables of the Stit familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - John Stith (fl. 1656-1691) from Kirkham in Lancashire, emigrated to America where he became a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the progenitor of the Stith family, one of the first familie...
- He was born in Kirkham in Lancashire, England in 1625 and the Stith ancestors were likely from the Kirkham area...
 Migration of the Stit family to Ireland
Some of the Stit family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Stit Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Edward Stit, who arrived in New Jersey in 1685 3
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- 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)
- 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)
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