Family Name

Paget

The English surname Paget, a diminutive of Page, is of occupational or official origin, belonging to that category of names based on the type of work a man once did of profession he pursued. In this instance, the name is traceable to the Old English title 'Page' which denoted a young servitor, an apprentice knight. The page usually trained in the noble man's house where he was an attendant. After his apprenticeship he was granted the right to bear arms and he became a knight. The name Paget is derived from the English name "page", and ultimately from the Greek "paidion" which is the diminutive of "pais" meaning boy or child.

Family Name History

References to the surname Pagett include Johannes Paget who was listed as a taylor in the Poll Tax of Yorkshire in 1379. William Paget, whose family was from Staffordshire, acquired large estates from King Henry VIII on the dissolution of the monasteries. The family also held the title Earl of Uxbridge granted 1714, and re-granted in 1748 to a relative by marriage, Henry Baily, who took the name Paget in 1766. This distinguished family held the marquessate of Anglesey, and was granted the coat of arms below.

Variations of the surname Paget include Pagett, and Padget(t)

MOTTO: Per il suo contrario. (By its opposite.)

First found in Oxfordshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the battle of Hastings in 1066 AD
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of it's variants were: David Paget settled with his wife Maudlin and children in Maryland in 1711: Antony Pagett settled in Maryland in 1711: Jonathon Pagett settled in Boston in 1767

BLAZON OF ARMS: Sable on a cross engrailed between four eagles displayed argent; five lions passant guardant of the field. Sable (black) denotes constancy. Argent (white) denotes Purity.

CREST: A demi heraldic tiger sable; maned, ducally gorged, and a tufted argent.

Information from the Historical Research Canter