Hackett Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Hackett Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Hackett

The origin of the name Hackett was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Haggit and Haggett. The surname Hackett is of Norman origin, Haket being a common Norman personal name. The Hacketts came to Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion at the end of the twelfth century. The Fiants of Henry VIII and Edward VI indicate that in the sixteenth century the placename Hacketstowns, alias Ballyhackett, existed in Counties Dublin and Kildare. A branch of this family moved into Connacht where they in due course became hibernicized and, like other Norman families in that Province, formed a distinct if small Sept which was known as McHackett, their seat being Castle Hackett, six miles south-east of Tuam. There is little trace of the name Hackett in Connacht today, but it is still strong, however, in and around Counties Tipperary and Kilkenny. The first record of this Norman name in England was in the person of a Mabil Haket, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', in the year 1273.