----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene Cutts" <[email protected]> To: "Lesley Bayston" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [CUTTS] Fw: Was Cutts name a short name for Cuthbert? Does anyone know about this. > Greetings from Australia. > > Re origin of Cutts name, I have a Family Name History Certificate, produced > by the Historical Research Center, Inc. (probably American by the spelling > of 'center') which says: > > 'The English surname Cutts is patronymic in origin, being one of those names > derived from the first name of a father. In this case, it is derived from a > pet form of Cuthbert and simply denotes "son of Cutt". The personal name > Cuthbert is derived from the Old English name Cuthbeorht, meaning "famous, > bright" and was a popular font name in the areas where the cult of St > Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (d. 187) was strongest, namely, the north of > England and southern Scotland. The surname itself is associated chiefly > with Derbyshire. > > 'Early recorded instances of the name include a reference to John Cut in > 1185 and Robert Cut in 1186 in the Pipe Rolls for Herefordshire and > Derbyshire respectively, and Cutte Brendhers in the Rotuli Hundredorum for > Cambridgeshire in 1279. Radulphus Cutte appears in the Yorkshire Poll Tax > of 1379 and William Cutt, alias Cuttes, son of Robert Cuttes of Sheffield, > in the Visitation of London in 1633. > > 'Variants of the surname are Cutt and Cutson.' > > I hope this is of interest to other researchers. > > Marlene Cutts > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lesley Bayston" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:24 AM > Subject: [CUTTS] Fw: Was Cutts name a short name for Cuthbert? Does anyone > know about this. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Was Cutts name a short name for Cuthbert? Does anyone know > > about this. > > > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > Classification: Query > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HhQ.2ACEB/108.1.1 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > Hiya, my understanding is CUTTS is to do with the person's trade, hence > > blades, swords, shears and so on, and later also incl. guns. > > > Also I've heard another possibility ... canal and railway cuttings? I > > think that less likely. > > > > > > > > > ==== CUTTS Mailing List ==== > > Need to contact the List Admin? > > Write to: [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >