Butterick Last Name Facts and Heraldry

It is easy to miss Butterick in an index if you only search for Buttrick. Read literally, Butterick points to “Someone who came from Butterwick (butter farm)”. Butterick adds “e” to Buttrick, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

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