| ![Show Contents]() Crest History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France The surname Crest is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Crest is derived from the Old French word "creste," meaning the "peak of a hill", and indicated that the original bearer lived at or near such a place. Early Origins of the Crest familyThe surname Crest was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times. Early History of the Crest familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Crest research. Another 173 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1435, 1632, 1777, 1791, 1796, 1800, 1810, 1840 and 1852 are included under the topic Early Crest History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Crest Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Crest, Cret, Crests, Crets, Creste, Crete, Crête, Crestes, Cretes, du Crest, Ducrest, du Cret, Ducret, Crais, Crait, Crez, Ducrais, Ducrait, Ducrez, Cray, Crey and many more. Early Notables of the Crest familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve (1777-1852), a French naval officer and admiral...
- In 1810, he was given the command of the Ceylon, but the following day a British squadron captured a small fleet and Ducrest de Villeneuve was taken and held captive...
Migration of the Crest familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Victior Ducret settled in America in 1775; Pierre Ducret, aged 40; settled in Louisiana in 1719; Jacob Simon Cray settled in 1772; John Cray, aged 25.
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