The origin of the name Armitage is English and the Coat of Arms contains A lion's head between three silver crosses on a red shield. The Crest is A right arm holding a staff. The family motto is Semper paratus.
Spelling variations include: Armitage, Hermitage, Ermytache, Ermitage, Armitach, Hermitack, Armitack and many more.
First found in the county of Yorkshire in eastern England, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Godfrey Armitage of Lynn moved to Boston, Mass. in 1639; and Eleazor in 1669 was living in Lynn, Mass.
