all atchison no matter the spelling are from scootland originly,,,,scootish vicings to be egzact..they fled to irland during the war well some of them other worked for the king of englind thats why there are diffrent spellings naw...there is a atchison mint that was comishoned by the king .cathey saecrest my grampas niace from new york found proper documents suporting this you can find her on face book..or luck u thee mint its self