The Whytting name is thought to
patronymic surname, created from the Old English
personal name "Hwit," meaning "the white one."
Early Origins of the Whytting family
The surname Whytting was first found in various counties. Early recorded instances of the name include Roger Witenc, listed 1084 in the Geld Roll (part of the Domesday Book) for
Somerset in 1084; Simundus
filius Witing, recorded in Danelaw Documents, as being in
Lincolnshire in 1150; William Whiting, listed in 1194 in the Curia Regis Rolls for Berkshire; and William Whiting listed in the
Pipe Rolls of
Buckinghamshire in 1197.
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X) A Giffard Whiting held a fee in the parish Catcott, Somerset in c. 1198. Several of the name were listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273: Gerin Wyting in Bedfordshire; Felicia Wyting in Cambridgeshre; John Witting in Oxfordshire, Adelina Wyting in Huntingtonshire; and Thomas de Wytin in Nottinghamshire. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Early History of the Whytting family
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Whytting Spelling Variations
Early Notables of the Whytting family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Whytting family to Ireland
Some of the Whytting family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Whytting family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Nathaniel Whiting, who arrived in Boston Massachusetts in 1631; Rev. Samuel, who settled in Lynn Massachusetts in 1636; John Whiting and his son John, who arrived in Barbados in 1678.