The origin of the name Mcquiston is Scottish and the Coat of Arms contains Red shield with a silver tower. The Crest is A lion's head with a ducal crown.
Spelling variations include: Hutchins, Hutchings, Hutchin, Hutcheon, Huchens, Hutcheons, Hutchon, Houchin, Houchen, MacCutcheon, MacQuestion and many more.
First found in Rossshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Jeremiah Houchin, who sailed to New England in 1630; Tobias Hutchins settled in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1682; George Hutchings was given an estate in St. John's Newfoundland in 1762.
