PITCHER

PITCHER. 1. Some kind of employment—perhaps that of 'pitching,' i.e., roughly pavhig with boulders ; or of applying pitch to ships, &c. 2. An inn sign. 3. " The man who lifts or pitches the reaped corn or hay up into the wagon." Halliwell. A person who excelled in this kind of work would readily acquire the surname.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.