Lefew Surname History

Origins Available:
France

Early Origins of the Lefew family

The surname Lefew was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France where this distinguished family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Lefew family

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Lefew Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fayet, Fayettes, Fayette, Lafayet, Delafayet, Lafayette, La Fauyet, La Fayets, La Fayettes, De La Fayettes, Des Fayettes and many more.

Early Notables of the Lefew family

Notable amongst the family was Mathieu Fayet, Treasurer of France at Bordeaux, in 1603; Louise Angélique Motier de la Fayette (1618-1665), French courtier and close friend of King Louis XIII; Marie-Madeleine Pioche de...
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Lefew migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lefew Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Isaac Lefew, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 1

Citations +

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)