Buys History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Early Origins of the Buys family

The surname Buys was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Buys family

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Buys Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bye, Buy, Boy, Bouie, Bluy, Buie, By, Biye, Bie and others.

Early Notables of the Buys family

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Buys Ranking

In South Africa, the name Buys is the 467^th most popular surname with an estimated 15,227 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Buys family to Ireland

Some of the Buys family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Buys migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Buys Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jan Cornelis Buys, who arrived in New York in 1634 2
Jan Cornelisse Buys, who landed in New York in 1634 2
Annitjen Buys, aged 42, who landed in New York in 1644 2
Jan Buys, who arrived in New York in 1648 2
Christian Bartels Buys, who arrived in New York in 1660 2
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Buys Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Louise Everhardus Buys, aged 39, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 2
Cornelis Buys, aged 12, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
Geneva Everhardus Buys, aged 4, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 2
Hendrik Everhardus Buys, aged 11, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
Alida Esther Buys, aged 16, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 2
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Citations +

"Most Common Last Names in South Africa." Forebears, https://forebears.io/south-africa/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)