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Origin of Ket Total Records: 18  Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Variants of the name Ketter are regional spellings, common in Wesphalia Germany. The surname Ketter is an ancient Teutonic word used to describe a soldier who wears chain mail armor. The word has been in use since before the 5th century, when Germanic soldiers went to England. The village in England named Kettering means, village of Ketters. Surnames: Ketter, Koetter, Kotter Submitted by: Paul S. Ketter Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Oral tradition in my family: Duke of Llewellyn (Wales)was a petty Welsh kinglet & was out shooting with King of England and made a lucky shot with his crossbow & shot a young buck in its second year -- known as a pricket -- & thus Prickett is a nickname. Welsh history does show that Llewelyn the Great united a bunch of the Welsh fiefdoms or whatever, which his son lost to Edward I. This son, however, 1) married the natural daughter of King John of Magna Charta ill-fame. 2)was one of the barons forcing King John to sign!! I have read that Prickett like Pritchett, Prichard, etc derives from the Welsh ap Richard -- ap meaning 'son of.' But I think there's more assumption than certainty or research in that. I personally prefer the romanticism of the Llewelyn story. Surnames: Prickett, Pricket, Prickit, Prickitt Submitted by: Patricia Prickett Hickin Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: It's from France and when that family came to the U.S.A. there were 2 brothers and they wanted to part company. One chose the orginal spelling and the other changed the spelling to Duket. Surnames: Duket, Duquette Submitted by: Lyn Duket Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Charles William Baskette, married to Mattie Reid. Son Fitzhugh Baskette. May have had several daughters. Resided around King & Queen County VA, or King William County VA circa 1880. Surnames: Baskette Submitted by: Jay Baskette Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Looking For The Perants Of Perry Anderson Ketterman. Born 1890 Randolph Co.Wv Died 1969 Ohio Any Thing On Him? Surnames: Ketterman Submitted by: Anthony Ketterman Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Max Andrew Tackettt: grandfather Surnames: Tackettt Submitted by: Caroline Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: This name, while not an unusual one, is nevertheless not easy to the etymologist, who strives from internal evidence to discover its meaning and origin. It is quite possible that the name has something to do with the verb 'croke,' which occurs in the motto of one of the families in Britain bearing the name. The name is well known in Scotland and may have had its origin either in Gaelic or in the Scotch dialect of English. Various forms of the name are Crokett, Crockat and Crockett. The arms of one of the families in Britain bearing the name are described heraldically: Argent, three Cornish choughs ppr. Crest--A Cornish chough ppr. Motto--Crow not, croke not.%0a%0aJoseph Crockett, the immigrant ancestor of the Crockett family, was born probably in England or Scotland, and settled in Wytheville county, Virginia. He was the brother of John Crockett, who settled in Tazewell county, Virginia, and also of David Crockett, who settled in Tennessee. The three brothers came together from an English port to this country. Surnames: Crockett, Crockat, Crockett Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: My father always told me that it was an old Scandinavian name and that it meant "by the racecourse". Surnames: Hesketh Submitted by: David Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: From Walcott. Origin is Walcott, England. Surnames: Willcutt Wilcut Wilcutt Wolcot Wilkett Submitted by: Bryan Wilcutt Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Hasketh/Hesketh Viking or Danish origin hes + skeidt meaning horse track/ race track varitaions Heskaithe, Heskaite Surnames: Hasketh Submitted by: glitz Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: newfoundland Surnames: ricketts Submitted by: Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: The name was exported to England by the invading Saxons in 449 CE where it developed many new phonetic variations and was imported by the Norwegian Vikings to Norway when they raided England around 700 CE. These Norwegian Vikings later settled in the Contentin (western) region of Normandy, France around 933 CE where the name evolved from Asketill (10th century CE) to Anschetillus (11th century CE) to Anquetil (12th century CE) to Anctil (18th century CE). In 1734 CE, Jean Louis Anctil emigrated from Avranches, Normandy, France to Nouvelle France (Quebec, Canada) and established a family line, where the surname today is predominate. The Anctil family name can be found throughout the United Kingdom (former colonies included) and even most of the world today. Surnames: Anctil, Anquetil, St-Jean, St-John, Ancell, Antill, McCaskill, MacAskill, Antle, Axtell, Kettle Submitted by: Eric Anctil Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Means black in Hungarian Surnames: Fekete/Fekette Submitted by: Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Derives from 'Jean Fichet' arrived in Portsmouth, NH from France (Hugenot immigrant) in late 1600s. His son John Fickett and subsequent generations moved first to Scarborough and then to Cape Elizabeth, Maine and then spread around Maine. Surnames: Fickett, Fichet Submitted by: Peter Lumb Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Scottish of viking anglo-saxon and celtic blood Surnames: Halket, Halkett, Hacket, Hackett Submitted by: Halket Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: I once read that the meaning of Haskett was the "grower of the hazelnut tree". Surnames: Haskett Submitted by: Jim Haskett Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: I read somewhere that it was Scandinavian meaning "racecourse" or "horsetrack" Surnames: Hesketh Submitted by: Henry Origin of Ket, Meaning of Ket Origin: Halket comes from the lands of Halket in Ayrshire, Scotland. That was the original spelling in documentation. In the 17th century the placename began to be spelled Halkhead, and later Hawkhead. The evidence for this can be found by searching in the OPAC of the National Archives of Scotland website. Surnames: Halket Submitted by: Gordon Johnson 11/8/2009 10:16 PM Page 1 of 1

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