The origin of the name White is English and the Coat of Arms contains A red shield with a chevron vair between three gold lions rampant. The Crest is Out of a ducal coronet or, a demi eagle wings expanded sable. The family motto is Loyal unto death.
Spelling variations include: White, Whyte, Wight and others.
First found in Durham, where the white family held a seat from very early times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William White and his wife Susannah, who immigrated to Plymouth in 1620 with their sons Resolve and Peregrine (who was born in Cape Cod Harbour on board the Mayflower in 1620.
The origin of the name White is Irish and the Coat of Arms contains Silver, with a chevron engrailed between three red roses. The Crest is A black demi lion rampant holding a silver flag with a red cross. The family motto is Echel agus coruic.
Spelling variations include: Whyte, Wight, Whight, White, MacWhite, MacFaoitigh and many more.
First found in Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century, when Walter Whyte is known to have come to Ireland with 'Strongbow'.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William White and his wife Susannah, who immigrated to Plymouth in 1620 with their sons Resolve and Peregrine (who was born in Cape Cod Harbour on board the Mayflower in 1620.
The origin of the name White is Scottish and the Coat of Arms contains Argent, an eagle displayed between three quatrefoils sable, and on a chief indented of the second as many quatrefoils of the first. The family motto is Labore parta.
Spelling variations include: White, Whyte, Wight and others.
First found in Coldingham, where "Uuiaett Hwite" witnessed King Eadgar's charter of Coldingham sometime between the years 1097 and 1107.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William White and his wife Susannah, who immigrated to Plymouth in 1620 with their sons Resolve and Peregrine (who was born in Cape Cod Harbour on board the Mayflower in 1620.
