When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
Language of the text: English
Nobility: Noble family - Knights - Lords
Nobles in:England (The British Isles)
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Heraldic dossiers :
Magee
English
The surname Magee is of Irish and Scottish origin. In Gaelic the name is Mag Aodha, son of Aodh or Hugh. The personal name Hugh is of Old French origin, introduced into England at the time of the Conquest. It is composed of the Germanic element 'hug', heart, mind, spirit. It was a popular given name among the Normans in England, partly due to the fame of St.Hugh of Lincoln ( 1140-1200 ), who was born in Burgundy and who established the first Carthusian monastery in England. In Scotland and Ireland this name has been widely used as an equivalent of the Celtic 'Aodh', fire ( originally the name of a pagan god ). It is believed that the Northern Irish McGees are of Scottish extraction, having come to Ireland during the plantation of Ulster in the early seventeenth century. There certainly is a numerous Scottish family so called, who are akin to the MacDonnells and claim descent from Colla Uais and so an Irish origin. There are Gaelic Irish MacGees also. The name is found in Scotland as MacGee, MacGhee and MacGhie. The name dates as far back as the twelfth century were a Gilmighel McGethe is recorded in historical archives. The name has evovled through Mac Ethe, Macge, Mageth and Macgye until the surname we have today was reached. The name was brought to America by Scottish and Irish immigrants. One of the first fore fathers to bring this name to America is that of a John McGee, who emigrated to America aboard the barque Jenny on the 31st of October 1766; he settled in Boston, Massachusetts. This name is the three-hundredth and seventy-third most numerous surname in America. ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonMagee
1. Coat of arms of family: McGee
Language of the text: English
Or, a lion rampant guardant gules, on a chief sable, a trefoil between two escallops of the field. Motto-"Che sara sara."
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Legal notices
The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
