The surname Whitsitt was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat on the lands of Whiteside from very early times. [1]
Further south in England, records there show Richard Whitside, Cambridgeshire in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 and Willelmus Whitesyde in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. [2]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitsitt research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1625, 1649, 1575, 1752, 1804, 1876, 1804, 1806, 1822, 1832, 1829, 1830, 1740 and are included under the topic Early Whitsitt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Whiteside, Whitesides and others.
Notable amongst the family at this time was James Whiteside (1804-1876), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, born on 12 Aug. 1804 at Delgany, co. Wicklow, of which parish his father, William Whiteside, was curate. Shortly after Whiteside's birth his father moved to Rathmines, near Dublin, where he died in 1806. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1822, and graduated B.A. in 1832. In 1829...
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Migration of the Whitsitt family to IrelandSome of the Whitsitt family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Whitsitt migration to the United States +
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