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History of the KILLIP name By Larry Killip I live downunder in New Zealand, I am a direct descendant of Killip's originally from the Isle Of Mann The following is information I have gleaned while researching my IOM roots
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The surname KILLIP originates from the Isle Of Man. KILLIP is of Celtic origin and comes from Phelip, which is equivalent to our present name of Philip. In Manx records, it was first mentioned in 1417, and was then spelt MacPhelip, which means son of Phelip. Nearly all Manx names had the prefix "Mac" in the earlier years, like many of the Scottish names. Both the early Manx and the early Scots were members of the same Celtic race, The Manx had almost a;; dropped the "Mac" by the end of the 16th century, but in doing so, many of them carried the sound of the hard "c" which resulted in so many of the Manx names initialed with either a "C,K,Q". There is a record of the name KILLIP being spelt as it is today in the 15th century. In 1430 Jenkin MacKillip was a member of the House Of Keys which was then known as the KIARE AS FEED (four and twenty). In those days members were usually appointed by the Lord of the island, but sometimes were self elected. In what is known as the Manx Doomsday Book, which gives the names of all occupiers of property in the island between 1511 and 1515, there are several KILLIP's mentioned, a few of which are as follows:-
Lords rent was a tax placed on every person who owned or occupied property by the Lord of the Island and payable to him. In this case it was Lord Derby, the family ruled the island from 1405 to 1736. The word "Ine" was a Manx word indicating a woman. Vorgell was the equivalent of our present day "Muriel". Further information: The KILLIP name is of Gaelic origin, and it comes down from Goidelic times. The Goidelic Celts were the first branch of the Celts to come to England, and after being driven by succeeding invasions, eventually settled in Scotland, Ireland and Isle Of Man. The later branch of the Celts is known as the Brythonic Celts who eventually became the Welsh and the Cornish. There are virtually no names on record earlier than the 14th century, the one exception being a name on a stone from the 6th century, which is now in the Manx Museum. There are no Manx names beginning with a "K" which have a Norse origin. With two exceptions all Norse Manx names begin with the letter "C". The above information was gleaned from material given to my great Uncle Robert Killip by a "Charles Southwood", who was a keen Manx geneologist. Variations on the name Killips (the following from Ian Killip Isle Of Mann re "Killips") I have not come across much research into this - the little I have done suggests two origins. Firstly there is a knot of Killips around Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland which is on the east coast of Ireland, close to ports into which Manx fisherman and coastal traders would be likely to have links. I suspect a fising link and a Manx Killip settled into the area having met an enticing local woman in 18th century, or a Manx Killip, member of one of the militia units went across to Ireland during the civil unrest/rebellion around 1798, met a local lass and decided to settle there. The name could have been a local corruption when written into baptism etc records as either misheard and written down as Killips because of its similarity to Phillips or initially Killipson, shortened to Killips (unlikely at this late stage in surname development). Secondly a similar process of name evolutipon could have occured in Scotland or on emigration to USA/Canada. There aren't many Killips in Scotland and these may be immigrants from Ireland during the industrial revolution or escaping the Irish potato famine - the Scottish version seems to be Killop, which may be evidence of a Manx immigrant or a differnt name altogether. I am pretty sure that some of the american immigrants are from County Down in 1840s but some may be mis-heard Killip - I have been concentrating on Killip itself and leaving Killips, Killup, Killop, Killep and MacKillip for later, but I have come across one Killip family who went to Ontario when they became Killips. There is also a strong possibility that the Canadian immigrants were all recorded as MacKillip on the assumption that they were Irish (and everyone known all Irishmen are Mac.... or O'....!)as most would have arrived via the shortest (and hence cheapest) sea-route (Derry to Newfoundland). There are no Killip or Killips in the Canadian 1881 census, but loads of MacKillip people. Ian Killip Ian lives on the Isle Of Mann and has done much research into branches of the Killip clan. If you are looking for information on a particular branch of the Killip family whereever they may be Ian may be able to help. Contact me (Larry Killip) in the first instance. About me and some links: My name is Larry Killip, I live in Auckland New Zealand as do quite a few other Killip's, mostly all related. My Great Great Grandfather sailed out to New Zealand with his wife, sons and a daughter. They left from Liverpool and arrived in Auckland December 19th, 1876. The boat was "The Jessie Osborne". Information on that voyage can be found here. There is a great KILLIP Genealogy page here. A very early (1723) KILLIP will from the Isle of Man No idea if related to me but who knows! This is not a definitive description of course and I am ready to stand corrected at any time. Please don't hesitate to communicate if you know something re the KILLIP name that I have missed or is perhaps not correct.
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