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Where did the French Gant family come from? What is the French Gant family crest and coat of arms? When did the Gant family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Gant family history?
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Gand, Gans, Gant, Gond, Gons, Gont, Gande, Gonde, Gandes, Gondes, Gante, Gonte, Gantes, Gontes, de Gand and many more.First found in Bourgogne, where the family has held a family seat since early times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gant research. Another 245 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1258, 1307, 1385, 1420, 1440, 1500, 1612, and 1669 are included under the topic Early Gant History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Gant. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Gant Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Joseph Gant, who landed in Virginia in 1705
- Francois Gant, aged 13, arrived in Louisiana in 1719
- Jacob Gant settled in Philadelphia in 1764
Gant Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- F Gant, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- Patrick Gant, who landed in Iowa in 1883
- Jacob Gant, who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1890
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- Harry Phil Gant (b. 1940), retired American racecar driver
- Cecil Gant (1913-1951), American blues singer and pianist
- Reuben Charles Gant (b. 1952), former professional American football tight end
- Ronald Edwin "Ron" Gant (b. 1965), former American Major League outfielder and second base man
- Richard E. Gant (b. 1944), American film and television actor
- Robert Gant (b. 1968), American actor
- Donald W. Gant (1942-1987), American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Kenneth Dwayne Gant (b. 1967), former American football safety in the National Football League
- Willie "The Tiger" Gant (b. 1900), American jazz bandleader and pianist
- Lamar Gant (b. 1957), American world record-holding powerlifter
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
- Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
- Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
- De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
- de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
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The Gant Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Gant Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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