Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . e generally assumed in Eng-land, being introduced by the Normansunder William the Conqueror, the nameof the next of kin or generation was desig-nated by a short addition to the sire nameas Peter-kin derived from Peter. Thefollowing derivations from the parentname of Peter show the origin of thename Pitkin : Peter—Peters—Peterkin—Pitkin. The name Pitkin, an abbreviationof the name Peterkin, has been a promi-nent one and dates from the thirteenth cen-tury. Several ancestors of this name heldappointments unde
Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . e generally assumed in Eng-land, being introduced by the Normansunder William the Conqueror, the nameof the next of kin or generation was desig-nated by a short addition to the sire nameas Peter-kin derived from Peter. Thefollowing derivations from the parentname of Peter show the origin of thename Pitkin : Peter—Peters—Peterkin—Pitkin. The name Pitkin, an abbreviationof the name Peterkin, has been a promi-nent one and dates from the thirteenth cen-tury. Several ancestors of this name heldappointments under various sovereigns. The Pitkin name has had the distinc-tion of including thirty-nine college grad-uates, representing ten clergymen, twogovernors, one general, one major, onecolonel, one judge, seven physicians, twohonorables and other graduates of lessdistinction. This is a most unparalledrecord, as a college education was in itselfa distinction during the eighteenth andnineteenth centuries. The early manufacturing interests wereclosely associated with the Pitkin family 168. .
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