Blackett

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Blackett or Blacket is a surname of English derivation.

Blackett is an English surname that is found throughout the British Isles and the English speaking world. The name is a corruption of Black Head, and in early times had various spellings as Blakehed, Blackheved, Blackved and Blackett. Later spelling, particularly in parish registers, were generally based on the sound and intuition of the bearer, and for that reason spelling variations are to be found with Blackett sometimes spelled Blacket or even Blackitt.

1 Demographics
2 Origins and History
3 Heraldry
4 People
5 Fictional Blacketts
6 External links

[edit] Demographics

The surname is especially concentrated in England in the counties of Durham in the North of England. Blackett and Blacket is also found in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and the United States of America.

[edit] Origins and History

The origins of the Blackett family can be traced back to the County of Durham in the North East of England, where almost all early instances occur. The most predominant line appears to stem from Woodcroft in County Durham and representatives were to be found in surrounding parishes of Hamsterley, Stanhope, Witton and Brancepeth.

[edit] Heraldry

The arms of Thomas Blacket (1525-1603) are

COAT OF ARMS “Argent on a chevron, between three mullets sable, as many escallops in the field”
CREST: “A hawk’s head erased, proper”
MOTTO: “Nous travaillerons en esperance”