Taait History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The Taait surname is derived from the Old English personal name "Tata," which may have been a shortened version of some other names. 1

Early Origins of the Taait family

The surname Taait was first found in Suffolk, where a records from the Abbey of Bury St. Edmonds, lists an Uluric Tates in circa 1095. Ralph Tait was listed at a Knights Templar in Yorkshire in 1185. A record from the Rotuli Hundredorum shows Richard Tate in Cambridgeshire in 1279. In Coventry, a John Tate obtained Whiteley, county Nottingham from William Palmer in the year 1392. 2

Early History of the Taait family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Taait research. Another 36 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1488, 1496, 1560, 1601, 1616, 1652, 1687, 1692, 1715 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Taait History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Taait Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Taait has been recorded under many different variations, including Tate, Tait, Tayte and others.

Early Notables of the Taait family

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Migration of the Taait family to Ireland

Some of the Taait family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 129 words (9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Taait family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Taait or a variant listed above: Edward Tate, who came to Massachusetts sometime between 1620 and 1650; Thomas Tate, who arrived in Virginia in 1635; James Tate, who came to Barbados in 1635.

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)