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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

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Where did the Scottish Levite family come from? What is the Scottish Levite family crest and coat of arms? When did the Levite family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Levite family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Lovatt, Lovat, Lovet, Lovett, Lovit, Lovitt and others.

First found in Buckinghamshire, where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Levite research. Another 354 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1500 and 1897 are included under the topic Early Levite History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 20 words(1 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Levite Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Levite family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 59 words(4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Daniel Lovett who settled in Salem Massachusetts in 1630; Mary, Gertrude, and Robert Lovett settled in Virginia in 1635; Charles, George, John, Robert, Thomas and William Lovett, all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1865.

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  10. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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The Levite Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Levite 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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