Midgett History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Midgett family

The surname Midgett was first found in Limousin, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Limoge and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Midgett family

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Midgett Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Migette, Midgett, Midgette, Migett, Migeot and others.

Early Notables of the Midgett family

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Midgett Ranking

In the United States, the name Midgett is the 8,268^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Midgett migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Midgett Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

R L Midgett, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Midgett (post 1700) +

John Allen Midgett Jr. (1876-1938), American senior enlisted member of first the United States Lifesaving Service, and later the United States Coast Guard, recipient of the Gold Lifesaving Medal
Lorimer Midgett, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964 3
Rasmus S Midgett (1851-1926), United States Life-Saving Service, recipient of the Gold Lifesaving Medal, single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine "Priscilla"

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html