Plot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Plot

What does the name Plot mean?

The Plot name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived by a small patch of land. Plot is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Early Origins of the Plot family

The surname Plot was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Plot family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Plot research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1608, 1632, 1638, 1640, 1669, 1678, 1694, 1696, 1705 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Plot History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Plot Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Plot has undergone many spelling variations, including Platt, Plat, Platte, Plait, Plate, Blatt and others.

Early Notables of the Plot family

Notables of the family at this time include

Robert Plot (1640-1696), was an English antiquary, the only son of Robert Plot of Sutton Baron, afterwards known as Sutton Barne, in Borden, Kent. Robert Plot the elder died at Sutton Barne on 20 Apri...

Migration of the Plot family to Ireland

Some of the Plot 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.

Migration of the Plot family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Plot were among those contributors: Gilbert Platt, who came to Virginia in 1635; John Platt, who settled in New York in 1679; Alfred, Euclid, Francis, George, Henry, James, John, Joseph, Robert, Samuel, Thomas and William Platt, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1800 and 1865..