The origin of the name Butler is Irish and the Coat of Arms contains In quadrants: Six gold cups on a red shield and two sections of gold and blue. The Crest is A plume of ostrich feathers emerging from a crown with a falcon rising. The family motto is As I find.
Spelling variations include: Butler, Buttler, McRichard and others.
First found in Kilkenny in Ireland. The first on record was Theobald FitzWalter, a distinguished Norman noble who accompanied Strongbow and was created the Chief Butler of Ireland in 1177.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Christopher Butler who settled in Virginia in 1670; the following, Charles, Daniel, Edward, Elizabeth, George, Giles, James, John, Joseph, Martin, Michael, Patrick, Richard, Thomas and William, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.
