Plaisted History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Plaisted family

The surname Plaisted was first found in Essex at Plaistow, a ward and district chapelry, in the parish and union of West Ham, hundred of Becontree, about 5 miles (E. by N.) from London. Alternatively the family could have originated in the West division of Sussex, at Plaistow, a chapelry, in the parish of Kirdford, union of Petworth, hundred of Rotherbridge, rape of Arundel. 1 To complicate matters more, there are location names Derbyshire and Kent and one source notes that the name could have originated in Plaster Down, Devon; Plastow Green; Plasterhill Farm; or Pleastor in Hampshire, 2

"In medieval times, most large parishes had their play-stow, playsted, or locus ludorum, for the recreation of the inhabitants. " 3

It is generally agreed that the name originated from the Old English "pleg-stow," which means "place for play or sport." 4

The first record of the family was of Robert de Plegestoue who was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Devon in 1168. 2

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 proved the wide spelling variations used by the family: Robert atte Pleistowe, Oxfordshire; Nicholas de la Pleystowe, Oxfordshire; and John de la Playstowe, Wiltshire. 5 Later, Cristian atte Pleystouwe was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1296. 2

Early History of the Plaisted family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Plaisted research. Another 205 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1194, 1510, 1562, 1600, 1635, 1715, 1760, 1783, 1785 and 1900 are included under the topic Early Plaisted History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Plaisted Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Playsted, Playstead, Paisted, Plaistead, Plaister, Playstow, Plaistowe, Plastow, Plester and many more.

Early Notables of the Plaisted family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Plaisted family of Sussex

Plaisted Ranking

In the United States, the name Plaisted is the 17,193^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 6

Plaisted migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Plaisted Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Roger Plaisted, who landed in New England in 1663 7
John Plaisted, who arrived in New Hampshire in 1679 7

Plaisted Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

E Plaisted, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 7
G Plaisted, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 7

Plaisted migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Plaisted Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Ellen Plaisted, aged 28, who arrived in South Australia in 1859 aboard the ship "David McIvor"

Contemporary Notables of the name Plaisted (post 1700) +

Trent Michael Plaisted (b. 1986), American professional basketball player
Ralph Plaisted (1927-2008), American explorer, member of the team that made the first surface traverse across the ice to the North Pole on 19 April 1968
David Alan Plaisted, American computer science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joan M. Plaisted (b. 1945), American politician, 4th U.S. Ambassador to Marshall Islands (1995-2000) and 4th U.S. Ambassador to Kiribati (1995-2000)
Frederick William Plaisted (1865-1943), American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Augusta, Maine (1906-1908) and in 1910, 48th Governor of Maine (1911-1913), Postmaster at Augusta, Maine (1914-1922), son of Harris Merrill Plaisted
Harris Merrill Plaisted (1828-1898), American Republican politician, Member of Maine State House of Representatives in 1867, U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District (1875-1877), 38th Governor of Maine (1881-1883) 8
Helen Plaisted, Australian squash competitor at the 1964 Women's British Open Squash Championship
Ridley Wilks Plaisted (1885-1954), Australian rules footballer who played five games for Fitzroy (1905-1907)
Alexander Plaisted Saxton (1919-2012), American historian, novelist, and university professor, best known as the author of Indispensable Enemy (1975)
George Plaisted Sanderson (b. 1836), American politician, Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1879-81 9

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"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, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, March 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html