The surname ‘Beatty’ is of Scottish, and Northern Irish origin. It is derived from the given name ‘Be(a)tie’, a diminutive from a short form of the name ‘Bartholomew’. In Irish it has been Anglicised in the Gaelic occupational term ‘biadhtach’, which means hospitaller. Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that the surname ‘Beatty’ and or it’s variant’s, date as far back as the eighteenth century were a ‘William Beaty’, and a ‘Saragh Davis’, are recorded as being married at St Peters Chapel, Cornwall, England, in 1729. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘William Beatty’, aged 40, a labourer by trade, from Galloway, Wigtonshire, Scotland. He emigrated to North America in 1774, sailing from the Port of Stranraer aboard the ship named the ‘Gale’, with his wife ‘Agnes’, aged 40, and daughter ‘Mary’, aged 16, on the 16th of May, arriving in New York on the 23rd of May of th…
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