Morrow (surname)

Morrow is a surname of Scottish origins.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Morrow
Language(s)Gaelic
Origin
Word/nameMurchadh, Moireach, Moireabh
MeaningSea Warrior, Sea Farer
Region of originScotland
Other names
Variant form(s)Murray, Moray, Murchison, MacMorrow, Murphy, Murrow, Morrowson, MacMurrough

Scottish

The Morrow name is ultimately a Scottish one, being first found in Lowland Scotland where the name can come from the Gaelic Moireach or Moireabh meaning "a sea farer" or "a settlement by the sea" respectively, or from Murchadh meaning "sea warrior". It has been variously spelt Morow, Murrow and Morrewe, the latter being first found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.[9][10][11][12] Many Morrows emigrated to Ireland in the early 17th century, first during the Hamilton-Montgomery settlement when they came from Ayrshire and Lanarkshire and settled Down and Antrim and then during the Ulster Plantation when they mostly settled in counties Donegal, Londonderry, and Armagh. A number of Morrows who served in the Covenanter army were transported to Virginia after being captured by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.[13][14] Most Irish Morrows, especially in Ulster, will be descended from Scottish settlers due to the Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century.

Notable Scottish Morrows:

  • Hugh Morrow, in 1296, on the Ragman Rolls
  • John Morrow, a follower of Robert the Bruce who was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1333
  • Thomas Morrow, Abbot of Paisley 1418-1444
  • Angus Morrow in 1431 fought against Angus Mackay in Strathnaver
  • David Morrow, a Scotsman from Ayrshire who settled in Killyleagh, Co. Down in 1606
  • Duncan Morrow, witness to the ordination of Patrick Macdowell in 1503 in Stirling
  • Andrew MacMorrow of Wigtown (1478) [15]

Irish

Although a Scottish name, it has been used to anglicise a number of Irish Gaelic names, mainly "Murchadh" (muir and cath) meaning "Sea Battle" or "Sea Warrior", which was also made as Morrogh, Murrow, Moroghoe, and Murphy. In Petty’s Census of 1659 O'Morrow and McMarrowe are recorded. However, it is more common for these Irish names to have been anglicised as Murphy, and it was more likely to find 'McMorrow' as an anglicisation of these names rather than the Scottish 'Morrow' on its own.

Notable Irish Morrows,

  • Jeremiah Morrow, grandfather of Jeremiah Morrow, governor of Ohio
  • Adam Morrow, one of the "defenders of Derry", who signed a petition to William of Orange after the siege of Derry had been lifted in 1689
  • Joseph Morrow, a soldier in the Continental Army from South Carolina who was born in Ireland in 1760
  • John Morrow, a Presbyterian United Irishman who was exiled from Ireland due to his participation in the rebellion of 1798
  • Captain Francis Murrough, an Irish officer in the Jacobite army of King James II[16]
  • Andrew Morrough of Cork (also spelt Morrogh)[17]

People with the surname "Morrow"

Fictional characters with the surname "Morrow"
  • Clay Morrow, character in the television series Sons of Anarchy
  • Nicholas Morrow, character in the novel series Sweet Valley High
  • Regina Morrow, character in the novel series Sweet Valley High
  • T. O. Morrow, supervillain in the DC universe
  • Hisoka Morrow, antagonist in the manga Hunter X Hunter
  • Ms. Morrow, character in the novel "Catcher in the Rye"
  • Jerome Morrow, character in the film Gattaca

References
  1. The Morrows and Related Families, Dr. J. T. Morrow
  2. Irish Pedigrees, John O'Hart
  3. Some Anglicised surnames in Ireland, Padraig Mac Giolla Domhnaigh
  4. The Scotch-Irish in America, Henry Ford Jones
  5. The Scot in Ulster. Sketch of the history of the Scottish population of Ulster (1888), John Harrison
  6. In memoriam, John Morrow Cochran, Jere Morrow Cochran
  7. Edwin P. Morrow--Kentuckian: A Contemporaneous Biographical Sketch, Willard Rouse Jillson
  8. Dictionary of Surnames (1994), Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges
  9. http://www.rampantscotland.com/ragman/blragman_m.htm
  10. Ludus Patronymicus, Richard Stephen Charnock
  11. A Scots Mediaeval Architect (1895), P. MacGregor Chalmers
  12. The Scotch-Irish : or, The Scot in North Britain, north Ireland, and North America, Charles A. Hanna
  13. Scottish Surnames in Colonial America, David Dobson
  14. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 1-2, Rev. William Cogswell, 1847
  15. Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes 1478-1495, p. 61
  16. A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defence of Enniskillen, in 1688 and 1689, Rev. John Graham
  17. Illustrations, historical and genealogical, of King James's Irish army list 1689, John D'Alton
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