642 Global CATTERSON Family Members

CATTERSON Family History

This is a metronymic i.e. 'the son of Caterin', a variant spelling of the personal name, Catherine, coming from the Greek 'Ratharos' meaning 'pure'. The name was brought to England by crusaders in the 12th century and was a popular given name throughout the Middle Ages. The surname Caterin is first recorded in 'The Assize Court Rolls of Bedfordshire' (1247). The metonymic (minus the diminutive 'in') first appears in the 17th century. In 1733 one John Brown married a Martha Catterson in St. George's Church, Hanover Square.