•- English The Anglo-Saxon name Bobbitt comes from the baptismal name for the son of Robert.
Spelling variations include: Bobart, Bobbet, Bobat, Bobbete, Bobet, Bobitt, Bobbett, Bobert, Bobett and many more.
First found in Suffolk, where they were seated from ancient times. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Ann Bobett who arrived in Virginia in 1663.
Suggested Readings for the name Bobbitt
"Our Bobbitt Family: Genealogical and Historical Record of the Southern Branch" by Allen Wade Mount.
Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist
We have researched the Bobbitt family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.
Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...
through attested Genealogical records...
(The Bobbitt coat of Arms is officially documented in Burke's General Armory.
The original description of the arms (Shield) is as follows: "DE GU. A TROIS BANDES D'ARG."
When translated the blazon (armorial) also describes the original colors of the Bobbitt arms as:
"RED, WITH THREE SILVER BANDS."
The history of this ancient Suffolk and Devonshire, England family traces its ancestry,
as a family of origin, before the year 1100 and appears first in the ancient records in Suffolk. ) -•
