Roundtree Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Roundtree Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Roundtree

The ancient history of the name Roundtree was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Rowan, Round, Rowntree, Rountree and Roantree. This is a locality name meaning 'at the rowan' from a residence beside or near a rowan tree. This name is usually of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in that country. Examples of such are a Christopher Rowantree who was baptised at the Church of St. James, Clerkenwell, in 1687. A Thomas Round and Mary Wallis who recorded as having been married at the Church of St. George, Hanover Square, in the year 1799. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. In Ireland these names are often found in Ulster Province where they were introduced by settlers from England and Scotland during the seventeenth century. In modern times the name is mostly found in Counties Cavan and Armagh. A very early Oriel record of the name dates to 1376.