Roantree Coat of Arms, Family Crest and Roantree Family History

Roantree Family History

The name Roantree in Ireland has been in the country since the fourteenth century and is of Anglo origin initially. The name was introduced by settlers, especially into Counties Cavan and Armagh where the majority of descendants can still be found. Rountree, Rowan, Rohan and Ruane are variants of this name.

A Sept is an ancient form of a Clan and is a group of people whose ancestors all bore the same surname and inhabited the same locality.