Hue History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Wales

The French name Hue first arose during the Medieval period in Normandy. The family was first found in the village of Luot, located in the Manche department of Normandy. 1

Early Origins of the Hue family

The surname Hue was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family was anciently seated in Huest, a village in the department of Eure in the district of Evreux, and in Luot, a village of the department of Manche in the district of Avranches. 1

Some members of this family distinguished themselves. Alain Huon, the lord of Kéramédan, who stemmed from the house of Huon de Lanover, was part of the reformations from 1418 to 1481. Maurice Huon took an oath to the duke in Tréguier in 1437. Their son, René, was a squire and the lord of Kéramédan. The branch Huon de Kermadec, known since the 13th century, was part of the reformations of 1426 and 1534. Pierre Daniel Huet, a prelate and scholar, was born in Caen in 1630 and died in Paris i 1721. Antoine Huet d'Ambrun was a squire and the lord of Ambrun. He married Catherine Le Roux in 1672. 2

Mathurin Huot, born in 1646, son of René and Renée (née Fortier), settled in Canada in the 17th century. After settling in Quebec he married Marie Dutertre, daughter of René and Louise (née Goulet), at Ange-Gardien, Quebec on 25th November 1671. 3

Early History of the Hue family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hue research. Another 63 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1351, 1490, 1630, 1662, 1672, 1685, 1689, 1721, 1790, 1803, 1838, 1845 and 1869 are included under the topic Early Hue History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hue Spelling Variations

Most surnames have experienced slight spelling changes. A son may not chose to spell his name the same way that his father did. Many were errors, many deliberate. During the early development of the French language, a person usually gave his version, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Prefixes or suffixes varied. They were optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, there a many spelling variations of the name Hue, including Huot, Huon, Huin, Huet, Huey, Hué, Hue and others.

Early Notables of the Hue family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Macé Huet, a squire, who was recorded in 1490
Pierre Daniel Huet (1630-1721), a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physique in Caen (1662-1672) and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689

Hue Ranking

In France, the name Hue is the 714^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,802 people with that name. 4

Hue migration to the United States +

France finally gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the 1700s. Early marriage was encouraged in New France, and youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries, leaving French names scattered across the continent. The search for the Northwest passage continued. Migration from France to New France or Quebec, as it was now more popularly called, continued until 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Hue were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Hue were

Hue Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johann Valentin Hue, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1744 5

Hue Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Anthony Hue, who landed in New York, NY in 1831 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Hue (post 1700) +

Douglas Sang Hue (1931-2014), West Indian cricket umpire
Hue Hollins (1942-2013), American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)