Chuck beat me to quoting the poem about the different spellings of the El(l)iot(t) name! I think there are only maybe 20% of us spelt with single 't' compared to the double 't's in the UK, with single 'l' much less common again. However it may also help some to know that, whereas all the other places named in the poem are around the Scotland/England border, the St Germains mentioned is in Cornwall - at the opposite end of the country, in South West England! For those interested in geographic distribution of any surname across the UK, try this free website, which enables you to search by surname for 1881 and 1998: http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ For more detailed 1881 surname distribution info, I can recommend a CD Rom - Archer Software's British 19th Century 'Surname Atlas'. It's based on that year's Census, but shows by colour shading on a map, and numerically, surname distribution across the UK at that time (this may give clues as to the geographic origins of names). But note that the info provided for Scotland is only available by County, whereas for England and Wales you can also get info by Poor Law Union area (more akin to a town). Numerically, the totals for the different spellings registered on the 1881 UK Census were: Eliot 164 Eliott 323 Elliot 7643 Elliott 25398 My Elliot ancestors were from around Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is very close to the England/Scotlandborder. A quirk of history means that although the town of Berwick is nowadays in England (having changed sides many times over hundreds of years), the County of Berwickshire is in Scotland. This just adds to the challenge and interest for us family historians, especially if our families (like mine) straddle the border! If anybody else has Elliot ancestors in this area I'd be pleased to hear from them. There's more info about Elliot origins in the book by Sir Arthur Eliott entitled 'The Elliots - the story of a Border Clan' which I see is available in paperback via the Elliot Clan website: http://www.elliotclan.com/ Hope this helps! Malcolm Elliot Wirral. NW England. > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:30:29 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [Elliott] Is Elliott English or Scottish? > To: <ELLIOTT-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1262295029.881486@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: chukndee > Surnames: Elliott, Elliot > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.elliott/4437.7.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > This question arises from time-to-time and the answer is both yes and no. > The origin of the Elliot Clan goes back to the pre-1300's in the Angus > region of Glen Shee. Twelve families going by the then-spelling Elwald > came down to the Scottish Borders in support of Robert the Bruce in the > early 1300's. They settled in Liddesdale and remain there. The Elliot Clan > seat is near Newcastleton (not Newcastle). > > Over the centuries over 70 spelling and pronounciation variations have > arisen. The name has been pronounced "Ellot" by many folks in the Borders > for at least 500 years. It is believed that the double L, double T > spelling came from families passing though Northern Ireland (and many > still there) from early 1600's on. Many Elliotts seem to have moved first > from Ireland to England before migrating over the pond to USA and Canada. > > The poem about our name goes like this: > Double L and single T > The Elliots of Minto and Wolflee; > Double T and single L > The Eliotts that in Stobs do dwell; > Single L and single t > The Eliots of St. Germains be; > But double L and double T > The de'il may ken wha' they may be. > > I suggest anyone interested in the Elliot(t) family history visit > www.elliotclanusa.com to get a good background. I would be happy to > correspond with anyone in this quest. > > Yours aye, > Chuck Elliott > chukndee@ix.netcom.com > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 4010 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

The last two lines of this well-known poem are not true. Those with double L and double T have lived in county Fermanagh in Northern Ireland since the early 1600s, particularly in and around the town of Enniskillen. Elliotts are the 2nd or 3rd most numerous surnames in the county Fermanagh phone book, second only to Armstrongs (also from Liddesdale) and McGwyers (the original inhabitants). Also the single L and single T is a French surname, not Scottish. Hal Elliott (in Utah) Double L and single T The Elliots of Minto and Wolflee; Double T and single L The Eliotts that in Stobs do dwell; Single L and single t The Eliots of St. Germains be; But double L and double T The de'il may ken wha' they may be. >>> "Malcolm Elliot" <malcolm.elliot@tinyworld.co.uk> 1/1/2010 12:26 PM >>> Chuck beat me to quoting the poem about the different spellings of the El(l)iot(t) name! I think there are only maybe 20% of us spelt with single 't' compared to the double 't's in the UK, with single 'l' much less common again. However it may also help some to know that, whereas all the other places named in the poem are around the Scotland/England border, the St Germains mentioned is in Cornwall - at the opposite end of the country, in South West England! For those interested in geographic distribution of any surname across the UK, try this free website, which enables you to search by surname for 1881 and 1998: http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ For more detailed 1881 surname distribution info, I can recommend a CD Rom - Archer Software's British 19th Century 'Surname Atlas'. It's based on that year's Census, but shows by colour shading on a map, and numerically, surname distribution across the UK at that time (this may give clues as to the geographic origins of names). But note that the info provided for Scotland is only available by County, whereas for England and Wales you can also get info by Poor Law Union area (more akin to a town). Numerically, the totals for the different spellings registered on the 1881 UK Census were: Eliot 164 Eliott 323 Elliot 7643 Elliott 25398 My Elliot ancestors were from around Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is very close to the England/Scotlandborder. A quirk of history means that although the town of Berwick is nowadays in England (having changed sides many times over hundreds of years), the County of Berwickshire is in Scotland. This just adds to the challenge and interest for us family historians, especially if our families (like mine) straddle the border! If anybody else has Elliot ancestors in this area I'd be pleased to hear from them. There's more info about Elliot origins in the book by Sir Arthur Eliott entitled 'The Elliots - the story of a Border Clan' which I see is available in paperback via the Elliot Clan website: http://www.elliotclan.com/ Hope this helps! Malcolm Elliot Wirral. NW England. > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:30:29 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [Elliott] Is Elliott English or Scottish? > To: <ELLIOTT-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1262295029.881486@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: chukndee > Surnames: Elliott, Elliot > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.elliott/4437.7.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > This question arises from time-to-time and the answer is both yes and no. > The origin of the Elliot Clan goes back to the pre-1300's in the Angus > region of Glen Shee. Twelve families going by the then-spelling Elwald > came down to the Scottish Borders in support of Robert the Bruce in the > early 1300's. They settled in Liddesdale and remain there. The Elliot Clan > seat is near Newcastleton (not Newcastle). > > Over the centuries over 70 spelling and pronounciation variations have > arisen. The name has been pronounced "Ellot" by many folks in the Borders > for at least 500 years. It is believed that the double L, double T > spelling came from families passing though Northern Ireland (and many > still there) from early 1600's on. Many Elliotts seem to have moved first > from Ireland to England before migrating over the pond to USA and Canada. > > The poem about our name goes like this: > > > I suggest anyone interested in the Elliot(t) family history visit > www.elliotclanusa.com to get a good background. I would be happy to > correspond with anyone in this quest. > > Yours aye, > Chuck Elliott > chukndee@ix.netcom.com > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 4010 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To contact the ELLIOTT list administrator, send an email to ELLIOTT-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the ELLIOTT mailing list, send an email to ELLIOTT@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ELLIOTT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message