Baitson Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Baitson Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Baitson

The Baitson family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'son of Bartholomew', Baitson is a baptismal name. Variants can include Bate, Bates, Bateson, Beatson, Bason, Bateman, Batemanson and Batman. This name is of Celtic origin and is popular throughout England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in the above islands. Examples of such are a Bate de Butwick, Lincolnshire, a Bate le Tackman, Lincolnshire, a Bathe le Robert, Lincolnshire, and a Cecilia Bateman, county Huntingdonshire, who were all recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls' , England, in the year 1273. An Alicia Bate was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379. In Scotland a Robert del Bate rendered homage in the year 1296, and a Robert Bates was minister of the gospel at Spynie, Scotland, in the year 1747. In Ireland the name has been found mostly County Dublin and in Ulster Province having been introduced there from England and Scotland centuries ago.