Gorey family crest
While web searching Gorey family history I came across this:
The motto apparently translates as “By sea and by land”. The text said:
The Hebrides islands and the west coast of Scotland are the ancestral home of the Gorey family. Their name comes from the personal name Goraidh, an Old Norse forename. The Gaelic form of the name was Mac Goraidh, which means son of Goraidh. or son of Godfrey.
Spelling variations include: MacGorrie, MacGorry, MacGory, MacGorey and others.
First found in on the Isle of Skye where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas MacGorrie settled in Texas in 1875; Hugh MacGorry settled in Philadelphia in 1852; David and James MacGory settled in Philadelphia in 1856.
My understanding is that the Goreys are Irish and that some made their way to Scotland, so I have no idea if this information applies to my family or not.
The fact the name may be of Norse origin “son of Godfrey” makes it possible the Irish and Scots variations are all related. Who knows?
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