Elizabeth Stotter was born about 1712, in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Thomas Stotter and Mary.
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Perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Slooter, a metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle Dutch slo(e)t ‘lock, clasp’, + -er, suffix of agent nouns.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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