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Dave, Wendy, Joshua & Alexander Tate
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Steve, Célia, Lucas, Eric & William Tate
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The Tate Family
How many members of the Tate family belong to your organization?
There is old man Dic Tate, who wants to run everything, while Uncle Ro Tate tries to change everything. Their sister-in-law Agi Tate stirs up plenty of trouble, with help from her husband, Irri Tate.
Whenever new projects are suggested, Hesi Tate and his wife Vege Tate, want to wait until next year. Then there is Aunt Imi Tate, who wants your organization to be like all the others. Devas Tate provides the voice of doom.
And of course, there is the black sheep of the family, Ampu Tate, who has cut himself off from the mainstream!
But not all the members of the Tate family are bad. Facili Tate is quite helpful. And a delightful, happy member of the family is Miss Felici Tate.
Cousins Cogi Tate and Medi Tate are always thinking things over and lend helpful, steady hands.
The Ancient History of the Distinguished Surname TATE
The dark rolling moors of the Scottish/English border are home to this notable surname Tate. Its ancient history is closely woven into the rich and beautiful tapestry of the border chronicles.
In-depth research into some of the most ancient manuscripts such as the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, the Inquisitio, the Ragman Rolls, the Domesday Book, baptismals, parish records, tax records and cartularies, gave researchers the first record of the name Tate in Berwickshire, in Scotland, where they had been seated from ancient times.
The name, Tate, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt Tait, Tate, Tayte, Taite, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred within the family name. Scribes and church officials spelled the name as it sounded, and frequently the spelling changed even during the person's own lifetime.
The family name Tate is believed to be descended originally from the Boernicians. This ancient founding race of the north was a mixture of Scottish Picts and Angles, a race dating from about the year 400 A.D. By 1000 A.D. this race had formed into discernible Clans and families, perhaps some of the first evidence of the family structure in Britain. From this area we get some of the most impressive names in history, surnames with unique nicknames such as the Sturdy Armstrongs, one of whom was, appropriately the first to colonize the moon, the Gallant Grahams, the Saucy Scotts, the Angry Kerrs, the Belts, the Nixons, the Famous Dicksons, the Bold Rutherfords, the Pudding Somervilles, and most of the names ending in "son".
From these fighting clans of the border the surname Tate was found in Berwickshire... (MORE INFORMATION)
The Clans or families to the north of the border became Scottish after about the year 1000 A.D., and to the south they became English. Nevertheless, despite the border, many would still be united clans, but strangely loyal to the defense of their respective countries.
Clan feuds became so intense that in 1246 A.D., 6 Chiefs from the Scottish side and 6 from the English side met at Carlisle and created a set of laws for all the border territory. These were unlike any laws prevailing in England or Scotland or for that matter, anywhere else in the world. For refusal of assistance when called, a person could be hanged on the instant, without a trial. While clans were on this "hot trod" to recover stolen property, (from which we get the modern expression "hot to trot"), they were protected from almost all eventualities.
In 1603, the crowns of Scotland and England unified under James VI of 'Scotland who found it expedient to disperse the "unruly border clans ". The Border Clans were dispersed to England, northern Scotland and to Ireland. Some were banished directly to the Colonies.
In Ireland, they were granted lands previously held by the Catholic Irish. They signed an "Undertaking" to remain Protestant and faithful to the Crown. In Ireland they settled in Gola in county Antrim, Down, and Derry.
The New World beckoned and the many settlers in Ireland, known as the Scotch/Irish, became disenchanted. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails " which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships". Amongst the first pioneers who could be considered kinsmen of the family name Tate, of that same Clan or family, was ...
These pioneers became the nucleus of the first settlements from Maine to the Cumberland Gap. They provided much of the stock which produced the early presidents and governors of the United States. In Canada they settled Nova Scotia, the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa Valley.
The family name Tate, provided many prominent contemporaries, ... (MORE INFORMATION)
The most ancient grant of a Coat of Arms researched was: On a silver background, a red St. Andrew's cross, and a red stripe across the top.
The crest was: A right hand grasping a dagger.
The ancient family Motto for the distinguished name was: "God Give Grace"
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