Whittier Family History
Whittier Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dresser of white leather, someone who tawed skins into whitleather, from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + tawyere, towyere, tewere, an agent noun from West Saxon Old English tāwian, Anglian tēwian ‘to taw’.
History: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92), poet and active opponent of slavery, was descended from Thomas Whittier, who came to MA from England in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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