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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15 people with the Patillo surname? In that year Patillo was ranked number 3564 for popularity in the UK. |
Patillo records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"PATILLO, PATraxo, PATUIXO, PATTUIXO. From either of the two places named Pittilloch, (1) near Freuchie, Fife, or (2) in Glenfarg, Perthshire. Ade de Petillok who is 0 mentioned in a memo of 1295 (Cambus., 7) is probably the Adam de Pethilloch who appears as an assizer at Perth in 1305 (Bain, u, 1689). William de Pettillok had a charter of the lands of Gibblotistoun (now Gibliston) in Fife from Robert i (RMS., i, App. n, 900, 954). John de Pyttyllok held a toft in Portyncrag in 1433 (RAA., n, 68). Robert Pittilloch, a Dundee man of humble rank, raised recruits for the French service in the neighborhood of Dundee in 1423-1424. He accompanied them to France, entered the French service becoming commander of the "Hommes d'armes a la grant paye." In 1452 he obtained letters of naturalization, was made lord of Sauveterre, and was known as "le petit roi de Gascoyne." As Robert Pettillo de Clermont he was one of the ambassadors accredited by James n to the kings of France and Castile, and in records relating to the Scots Guards in France he appears as Robin Petit Lo. He died in 1460 (Forbes Leith, i, p. 63). Robert Pettillo, burgess of Perth in 1567 (RPC., i, p. 505) may be the Robert Pettullock who held a feu of the cornemyln of Kynnochtry in 1585 (Scon, p. 224). William Pettillok, reidare at Essie, 1574 (RMR.). Alexander Pattillo was a member of the Huntly Volunteers in 1798 (Wifl, p. 7), and Robert Pittilloch was author of Tracts legal and historical, 1827. Hugh Macdonald errs in saying that MacLullichs, descended from Angus, son of Reginald, son of Somerled, are in the Low Country called Pitullichs (HP., i, p. 13). Pathillok c. 1590, Patillok 1521, Pattillock 1572, Pattullok 1552, Patullow 1557, Pettillow 1524, PetuUoch 1558, Petullow 1559, Pitiloch 1681, Pittillocke 1651, Pittilluo 1664, Pittulloch 1600, Pitilloche 1615, Pittillock 1643 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Patillo Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Patillo Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Patillo family tree.
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Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Patillo family name using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Patillo surname in the USA? Patillo is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Patillo Databases
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