The Pitcher name seems most prevalent in Eastern England and it could have possibly come from a job description as many surnames were derived from the actual occupation of the name bearer.
It seems to be most definitely of Anglo-Saxton origin somewhere in the range of the years 1200 to 1500.
Some sources speculate that it might be a name given to a person from the Picardy section of Northern France, which is a region that adjoins Normandy.
This is a region from which many of the followers of.
Heritage Books The pitcher book: a genealogical history of the descendants of andrew pitcher and margaret russell who settled in milton, massachusetts,/william phipps
