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 Where and how did the chattaway name originate ?
Berkeswell near Coventry is the ealiest source of the name we now know as Chattaway, and as far as I can see all the known Chattaways in the world come from Thomas Chatweye and  Ann in 1600 (married 1624)  obviously they had parents but the name was hard to find before then, so I expect the varation before Thomas was significanly different.
Before this time it could have been chete way chat way  or a hundred different spellings.
From 1600 to mid to late 1600s the spelling kept changing to chatway chatoway, chatway, chatteway, chetway and many other variations.
Towards the end of 1600s it stabilises to chattaway, with one or 2 Ts.
There are many instances of the same person having their name spelt in various ways
Why was this ?     The litteral people of the time still didnt have great communication and no concensus of opinion, so some spelt words as they sounded.
There are many many instances right up to the 1900s where names where spelt phonetically even by cencus takers.
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Estimated chattaways from 1600 ad to 2008 is/was only 3500 total.
Chattaways alive now est. about 1,200 
 
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Chattaway Births around the world in 410 years (aprox)
1600-1700    =  56 chattaways
1700-1720        30
1721-1750        38
1741-1770       33
1761-1790       76
1791-1810       115
1811-1830       190
1831-1850       320
1851-1870       405
1871-1890       342
1891-1910       330
1911-1930       310
1931-1950       280
1951-1970       170
1971-1990        91
1991-2010        70
  
The chattaways peaked in 1851-1871 as I suspect most english families did during the industrial revolution. 
The last two figures will rise a little as I havent got all the data yet - but the trend is clearly downwards.
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Most occurring Male and Female Chattaway names

   
  1. William  192                                    1. Mary
  2. John        180                                  2.Sarah
  3. Thomas   131                                  3. Ann(e)
  4. Arthur      67                                   4. Elizabeth
  5. Joseph      64                                  5. Emma
  6. Richard    57                                   6. Hannah
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The Main UK centres for Chattaways were Coventry/ Bradford/ Birmingham/ Stepney      There were very few outside of these 4 areas. from 1600-1850

Then from 1850-1860  we popped like a mushroom .....exploding spores

all over the world.

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Interesting Chattaway forenames:-

   Abyah

   Alethea

   Alonzo

   Barnabus

   Beaula

   Bebbe

   Blanche Primrose

   Brydie

   Caley

   Christabel

   Cosmo

   Darla

   Darrick

   Ducilla

   Eliyahatt

   Eustace

   Felix

   Florence Nightingale

   Granville

   Gwenndine

   Heric

   Indianna rose

   Isaiah

   Jannell

   Jasper

   Jaunita

   Joy devine

   Judd

   Laetitia

   Lottie

   Mae

   Massie

   Micah

   Nesta

   Patrisse

   Polly

   Renee

   Ruskin

   Scooter

   Salome

   Sheldon

   Smiley

   Sol  loui

   Stafan

   Stitt

   Tara

   Urwin

   Verity

   Whilemina

   Yoome

   

If  every Chattaway had unusual names this project would have been finished years ago !!!!

 

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Chattaways married these surnames thoughout the world :- 750 + 

abbey
adcock
addison
adkins
ainsworth
aldbridge
alford
allcock
allen
allitt
altereith
andrews
anson
archer
armatage
arnold
ashby
aston
astsham
atkins
atkinson
austin
aylward
bagge
bailey
baillargeon
baines
bairstow
baitjes
baker
bale
ball
band
bannister
barclay
barlow
barnes
barnett
barrett
barroclough
bartlam
barton
bash
bastock
bateman
bates
bath
baufoy
baxter
bayes
bayliss
beardshaw
beaufoy
beaverback
beavon
beddows
belcher
bell
bell
belts
bennett
bent
bently
berrows
berry
biddle
bird
black
blackner
blakely
blanche
blomer
bolton
bording
bowden
bowman
bowns
boyce
branford
brannon
brewin
briggs
brindley
brint
brittain
britten
broadbent
brookbank
brookes
brophy
broughton
brow
brown
budd
burden
burrows
buttrick
buxton
byard
byfeild
byrd
caldicott
callant
cameron
cannon
cantrill
carey
carnegie
carpenter
carter
cartwright
cashman
cass
castillo
caswell
cavanagh
cawood
chamberlain
chambers
chantrill
chapman
checkelts
chester
childs
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