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Ancient History of the Distiguished Surname "Witcher"











The Border region of England and Scotland produced some of the most illustrious family names the world has ever known; names such as Armstrong, Nixon, Graham, Bell, Carson, Irving, Rutherford and so on and includedin this group is the surname "Witcher."

Professional analysts have researched the history of lowland Scotland and northern England, including many private collections of genealogical records, the Inquistitio, the Exchequer Rolls of schotland, the Ragman Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, the Domesday Book, parish cartularies, baptismals, and tax rolls, and revealed that the first record of the name "itcher" was found in Stirlingshire where they had been seated from very ancient times.