Excerpt from A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and IrelandThe name Chute is of Norman French origin, and means a descent, as own a mpe, a sluice, or down from an elevation as by a parachute. By me the name is said to be derived from the name J utes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.